The cuts in the Chase, on the whole, are superior in point of execution to those in the Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell. Many conceive it impossible that such delicate effects could be produced from blocks of wood, and his late Majesty (George III.) ordered his bookseller, Mr. George Nicolls, to procure the blocks for his inspection, that he might convince himself of the fact.
John Bewick, del.] [T. Bewick, sculp.
SOMERVILE’S CHASE.
Speaking of the death of John Bewick, which took place at Ovingham on the 5th of December, 1795,—aged 35, a writer in the Gentleman’s Magazine says, “The works of this young artist will be held in estimation, and the engravings to ‘Somervile’s Chase’ will be a monument of fame of more celebrity than marble can bestow.”
The Peacock.
(Pavo cristatus, Linn.——Le Paon, Buff.)
(From Bewick’s Land Birds.)
The Common Sandpiper.
(Bewick’s Water Birds).
