156 Mr. Atkinson^ s Sketch of the late T. Bewick. 



being unfolded, displayed — a tooth, the paper contained the following 

 inscription : — 



< I departed from 



the Place, — 



from the place I held 



in the Service 



of 



Thomas Bewick, 



after being there upwards of 



74- Years, 

 on the 20th November, I827. 



On the back was written " Bewick's Tooth," November, IS07. 



The tail-piece after the Moor Buzzard, in the 4th edition (I8I6), of 

 two old men carrying water between them on a pole, is the likeness of 

 two old men at Ovingham, the one on the right is " auld Tommy Dob- 

 son, of the Bleach Green," and the other is " Mat. Carr." 



The Fieldfare, page 126, of the same edition, was a great favourite j 

 it is in a tail-piece to that bird that the devil is represented chastising 

 the coal-heaver. 



In consequence of the easy adaptation of wood cutting to any sub- 

 ject, where considerable masses of light ai-e required, aided by his inti- 

 mate acquaintance with every effect of natural scenery, we find his 

 winter pieces, with snow, abundant in beauty and fidelity of represen- 

 tation : nothing can surpass the poaching scene in the snow at page 222, 

 or the wintry desolate appearance of the hills in the vignette at page 

 160, in the second volume, where a poor man in a fit of false economy, 

 is fording the river with his cow to save the toll : he appears sensible 

 of the indiscretion of his proceeding, and would fain withdraw her and 

 himself, particularly as his hat seems averse to the measure, and the 

 shouts of some men on the other side, together with the coldly en- 

 croaching element, suggest to him the probability of deeper water in 

 advance. The cow, poor thing, (as Bewick would say) seems to be 

 gifted with all the pleasing perseverance of her sex, and determines 



