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Woodblock for The Great Plover, from A History of British Birds by Thomas Bewick — VisualArtsDB

Woodblock for The Great Plover, from A History of British Birds

Woodblock for The Great Plover, from A History of British Birds

1792–1802

Medium: Wood engraving block
Dimensions: Block: 8 × 7.2 × 2.4 cm (3 3/16 × 2 7/8 × 1 in.)
Genre: wood engraving block
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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wood engraving blockwoodblockprintprints and drawingmatrix

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