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THOMAS BEWICK. 



two engraved copper-plates by him, one of the Rakkelhan Grous, after a 

 drawing by Thomas, and the other of the Wombat (in a different position 

 from that given in the Quadrupeds), but neither of these shows any artistic 

 feeling. The Rev. Mr. Turner said that Robert possessed eminent talents 

 as an engraver on wood, and that his " accuracy in delineation was, perhaps, 

 equal to his father's; " but none of them are really of more than ordinary 

 merit. As is mentioned farther on, Thomas Bewick was engaged on a work 

 to be called "A History of British Fishes," and had completed a good 

 number of the illustrations before his death in 1828. Commenting on this, 

 Mr. Turner said, " It was hoped that his son would have gone on with and 

 completed the work, but in this the public have been disappointed, and now 

 that Mr. Yarrell's work is completed it possibly might not suit." 



Mr. Jackson and his son Junius. " The Looking Glass for the Mind." From the original block 

 engraved by John Bewick. Lent by Messrs. Griffith and Farran. 



This may have been the actual reason why the son did not proceed with 

 this work, but it is much more probable, if we may judge from " The Golden 

 Chain," published two years after Thomas Bewick's death, that dearth of 

 talent and want of will were the real obstacles in young Bewick's progress. 



"The Golden Chain" was published at Berwick, a little book, "embel- 

 lished with cuts by Bewick." Any admirer of the father who purchases this 



