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Monday 27 January 2025, 18:00-19:00
Thomas Bewick-Nature, Art and Northern Life
⚠️ Important: FREE, but please book a place via Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/thomas-bewick-nature-art-and-northern-life-tickets-1044062899237?aff=oddtdtcreator
- 👤 Speaker: Jenny Uglow
- 📅 Date & Time: Monday 27 January 2025, 18:00 - 19:00
- 📍 Venue: Pavilion Room, Hughes Hall, Cambridge CB1 2EW
Abstract
In an illustrated talk Jenny Uglow examines Thomas Bewick’s life and work, from his childhood on the Tyne to his Newcastle workshop and growing fame – a passionate, forthright Northumbrian genius. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) transformed British wood engraving, bringing accurate images of animals and birds to less well-off people for the first time, and amusing them with shrewd, tender vignettes of local life. ‘With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy’, sighs Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Free admission but please sign up via Eventbrite. Drinks reception to follow talk.
Series This talk is part of the Hughes Hall events series.
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