Sandwich tern

Design No. 223769Archival & CollageBewick’s Water Birds

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Sandwich tern

Design no. 223769

Herons, grebes, gulls and the small country scenes between them, engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick.

Design no.: 223769
Department: Archival & Collage
Collection: Bewick’s Water Birds
Source: Thomas Bewick, A History of British Birds, Vol. II: Water Birds (Newcastle, 1847), page 177
Technique: Engraving
Style: Bewick’s white-line wood engraving: tonal, miniature, exact
Subject: Birds
Colour: Black on cream as standard
Form: Single tile
Symmetry: Asymmetric
Complexity: Complex