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Artist
- Name:
- Bewick, Thomas
- Dates:
- 1753-1828
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- Narratives
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Engraver:
- Bewick, John, Bewick, Thomas
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- The Duke University Libraries, the Internet Archive
- Observations:
- The book title page specifies the illustrations were designed and engraved
previous to the year 1784
Book
- Title:
- Select fables
- Author(s):
- Gay, John
- Publisher:
- London, Newcastle: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, Emerson Charnley, 1820
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
A man has been brought under the gallows in a tumbril and, as the crowd surrounds him, kept in check by guards armed with halberds, he leans over a woman standing behind the cart—to bite off her ear, as the story goes.
Keywords: 1820s, 19th century, black & white, children's book, crowd, gallows
