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The next of my pupils was Isaac Nicholson, who 

 was both a good apprentice and a good artist. 

 His engravings on wood are clearly or honestly 

 cut, as well as accurately done from his patterns. 

 He did not pursue his business in London, but 

 carries it on in Newcastle.* The next of my 

 pupils, and one of the first in excellence, was 

 William Harvey, who, both as an engraver and 

 designer, stands pre-eminent at this day.f His 

 fellow-apprentice was William Temple (who left 

 off wood-engraving, and commenced linen draper 

 in Newcastle). He w-as a faithful copyist, and his 

 pieces were honestly or clearly cut.+ The last 

 apprentice I had was John Armstrong, who is now 



never wholly recovered his reason, though he still drew occasionally 

 and wrote strange semi-intelligible verses. His wife also became 

 insane shortly after her husband's misfortune. In 1819-21, the 

 " Waterloo Charge " was engraved for the benefit of Clennell's 

 children, and Bewick was one of those who received subscriptions. 

 There is a tablet to Clennell's memory in St. Andrew's Church, 

 Newcastle.] 



[* Cf. Mackenzie's "Newcastle," 1827, p. 588, where he is 

 classed with the artists then living in that town. He was born at 

 Melmerby, Cumberland; and illustrated many books in the style 

 of Bewick. He died 18 October, 1848, aged 59.] 



[f Harvey is remembered chiefly as a designer upon wood. He 

 was born at Newcastle, 13 July, 1796, and was apprenticed to 

 Bewick at fourteen years of age. As stated in chapter xv., he 

 worked with Temple on the "Fables" of 1818. In 1817 he came 

 to London, where he engraved a celebrated cut after Haydon's 

 "Assassination of Dentatus" the value of which is vitiated by its 

 perverse rivalry of copper-plate. After Thurston's death he wholly 

 abandoned engraving for design ; and for many years was the 

 most popular, as he was the most prolific of book-illustrators. 

 His best efforts are to be found in Northcote's "Fables," 1828-33, 

 and Lane's "Thousand and One Nights," 1838-40. He died at 

 Richmond, 13 January, 1866. Several of his letters are included 

 in the Bewick MSS.] 



[ Of Temple nothing further is known. He worked, as men- 

 tioned above, on the "Fables" of 1818.] 



