24 MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK. 



exhibited in the different itinerant collections which 

 occasionally visited Newcastle. This led to the pro- 

 ject of the " History of Quadrupeds ;" a Prospectus 

 of which work, accompanied by specimens of seve- 

 ral of the best cuts then engraved, was printed and 

 circulated in 1787; but it was not till 1790 that 

 the work appeared. 



In the mean time, the Prospectus had the effect 

 of introducing the spirited undertaker to the notice 

 of many ardent cultivators of natural science, parti- 

 cularly of Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq. of Wycliffe, 

 whose museum was even then remarkable for the 

 extent of its treasures, and for the skill with which 

 they had been preserved ; whose collection also of 

 living animals, both winged and quadruped, was very 

 considerable. Mr Bewick was invited to visit Wy- 

 cliffe, and made drawings of various specimens, liv- 

 ing and dead, which contributed greatly to enrich his 

 subsequent publications. The portraits which he 

 took with him of the wild cattle in Chillingham Park, 

 the seat of the Earl of Tankerville (whose agent, Mr 

 John Bailey, was also an eminent naturalist, and 

 very intimate friend of Mr Bewick), particularly at- 

 tracted Mr Tunstall's attention ; and he was very 

 urgent to obtain a representation, upon a larger scale 

 than was contemplated for his projected work> of 



