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MEMOIR OF THOMAS BEWICK. 
exhibited in the different itinerant collections which 
occasionally visited Newcastle. This led to the pro- 
ject of the “ History of Quadrupeds a Prospectus 
of which work, accompanied by specimens of seve- 
ral of the best cuts then engraved, was printed and 
circulated in 1787 ; but it was not till 1790 that 
the work appeared. 
In the mean time, the Prospectus had the effect 
of introducing the spirited undertaker to the notice 
of many ardent cultivators of natural science, parti- 
cularly of Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq. of Wycliffe, 
whose museum was even then remarkable for the 
extent of its treasures, and for the skill with which 
they had been preserved ; whose collection also of 
living animals, both winged and quadruped, was very 
considerable. Mr Bewick was invited to visit Wy- 
cliffe, and made drawings of various specimens, liv- 
ing and dead, which contributed greatly to enrich his 
subsequent publications. .The portraits which he 
took with him of the wild cattle in Chillingham Park, 
the seat of the Earl of Tankerville (whose agent, Mr 
John Bailey, was also an eminent naturalist, and 
very intimate frientl of Mr Bewick), particularly at- 
tracted Mr Tunstall'a attention ; and he was very 
urgent to obtain a representation, upon a larger scale 
than was contemplated for his projected work, of 
