There's No Tomorrow—Tailpiece

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Tailpiece for the tale "There's No Tomorrow."

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Artist

Name:
Bewick, Thomas
Dates:
1753-1828
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engravers:
Bewick, John; Bewick, Thomas
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Duke University Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Select fables
Author:
Gay, John
Publisher:
London, Newcastle: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Emerson Charnley, 1820
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Description:

A tree stands in the foreground, partly hiding a funeral procession arriving at the church.
In this tailpiece, which is the last one of the book, Thomas Bewick represented his own funeral, with a view of the west end of Ovingham church, and the two family monuments fixed in the wall.

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