The Radiated Mole
Wood-Engraving Print
1790 (printed)
1790 (printed)
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A Scalopinae (or 'New World') mole viewed in profile, facing to the right of the image.
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Title | The Radiated Mole |
Materials and techniques | Wood-engraving print on paper |
Brief description | 'The Radiated Mole'. A Scalopinae (or 'New World') mole viewed in profile. Wood-engraving print on paper. Illustration from 'A General History of Quadrupeds' (first published 1790). Engraved by Thomas Bewick. Newcastle upon Tyne, England. |
Physical description | A Scalopinae (or 'New World') mole viewed in profile, facing to the right of the image. |
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Object history | This engraving appears in Thomas Bewick's first major independent publication, A General History of Quadrupeds, first printed and published in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1790. It contains illustrations of animals, alongside brief descriptions of their appearance, habits and habitats, accompanied by a number of illustrative vignettes, used mainly as tailpieces. Historical significance: The first engraver to exploit fully the advantages of end-grain wood (the wood is cut across, rather than along, the grain) was Thomas Bewick. Once it had been proved that the technique could rival the fine effects of metal engraving, the advantages of wood engraving to the book trade were quickly recognised. Allowing both text and illustration to be printed in one operation, it ousted the intaglio process as the favourite for book illustration and was only superseded at the end of the nineteenth century when methods of photomechanical reproduction were developed. |
Production | Thomas Bewick's A General History of Quadrupeds was first published in 1790. |
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Literary reference | Beilby, Ralph and Bewick, Thomas. <u>A General History of Quadrupeds</u>. Newcastle upon Tyne. First published 1790. |
Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1965 |
Other number | C.8984.A - Previous number |
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Accession number | CIRC.539-1965 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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