i 5 o JOHN BEWICK. 



1795, P- x "- The sketch of the Mad Bull is similar to the chase 

 depicted in the background of the Bull in the Quadrupeds, and the tail- 

 piece to "Clarissa" of a Cat and Bird bears a striking resemblance to 

 the cancelled cut of the 1776 Fables given on p. 30. A number of the 

 tail-pieces are also printed in the " Beauties of History," published by 

 Newbery in 1796. The Shepherd travelling with a Dog amid wind and rain 

 was shown in the Bewick Exhibition of 1880 as a sepia sketch. 



About this time John Bewick found it necessary to revisit his native place. 

 Hard work and close confinement had told on his constitution. He appears 



never to have been so healthy as 

 his brother, and no doubt the 

 anxieties consequent on his not 

 receiving adequate remuneration 

 for his labours helped to keep him 

 from getting so strong as he might 

 have done. He repaired to North- 

 umberland, remained breathing 

 the invigorating air of his birth- 

 place until he believed he had 

 recovered his health, and returned 

 once more to his labours in the 

 metropolis. 



Besides his work in London as an engraver, John also acted as an agent 

 for the sale of his brother's books. In one of his letters, dated June 16th, 

 1790, quoted at page 132, he writes asking to have a number of the 

 Quadrupeds sent by land if Thomas had not an immediate opportunity to 

 send them by sea, and he mentions that he had received orders for between 

 twenty and thirty copies, which could not be fulfilled until his brother sent a 

 fresh supply. 



In 1793 the first volume of the " Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland," 



Madam D'Allone admonishing her four pupils. 

 " The Looking Glass for the Mind." From the 

 original block engraved by John Bewick. Lent by 

 Messrs. Griffith and Farran. 



