THOMAS BEWICK. 



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sions. The spaced-out copy is now in the collection of Mr. Crawford J. 

 Pocock, Brighton. An inquiry as to the Bull having been started in a 

 Newcastle newspaper, Mr. Pocock was led to minutely examine this impres- 

 sion, and, in conjunction with a copy of the block printed underneath, 

 he arrived at the conclusion, after considering what Garret and Bell have 

 said, that this small block is the one executed by Bewick, in reverse, from 

 the large pencilled one. He found, on reducing the spaces one-third (the 

 smaller block being, therefore, one-ninth of the larger), that the little cut 

 comes exactly similar to the other. From the beauty of the workmanship and 

 the very precise nature of the copy, it appears very probable that Mr. Pocock' s 

 conclusion is correct, though there is no further documentary evidence to 

 support it. In any case it cannot be denied that this small cut is a very 

 superior engraving. 



The Chillingham Bull. Small size. 



