[PDF] Bewicks British Birds eBook

Author : Thomas Bewick
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 34,95 MB
Release : 2022-10-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1398825182

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With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy...' Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte's heroine was not alone in her enjoyment of Thomas Bewick's British Birds - since its first publication in 1797 it has become one of the best-loved classics of natural history. Bewick's masterful woodcuts are more than scientific records; each beady eye and jaunty pose betrays the artist's love of birds. This edition includes over 180 bird species, from garden favourites such as robins, blackbirds and finches, to predators such as the osprey and the majestic golden eagle. Each entry is illustrated with an engraving, and throughout the book are narrative vignettes typical of Bewick's playful, engaging style.

Author : Jenny Uglow
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 0226823911

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In this superb biography, Uglow tells the story of the farmers son who influenced book illustration for a century to come. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild--a journey to the beginning of a lasting obsession with the natural world.

Author : Diana Donald
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Animals in art
ISBN : 9781780231099

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This title provides an illustrated investigation of much-loved English wood-engraver and watercolourist Thomas Bewick. The book sets Bewick's art in the context of his tumultuous life, and draws connections between the artist's political and religious views and the character of his images.

Author : Stephen Moss
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 32,5 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 178335092X

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Swallow and starling, puffin and peregrine, blue tit and blackcap. We use these names so often that few of us ever pause to wonder about their origins. What do they mean? Where did they come from? And who created them? The words we use to name birds are some of the most lyrical and evocative in the English language. They also tell incredible stories: of epic expeditions, fierce battles between rival ornithologists, momentous historical events and touching romantic gestures. Through fascinating encounters with birds, and the rich cast of characters who came up with their names, in Mrs Moreau's Warbler Stephen Moss takes us on a remarkable journey through time. From when humans and birds first shared the earth to our fraught present-day coexistence, Moss shows how these names reveal as much about ourselves and our relationship with the natural world as about the creatures they describe.

Author : Michael Shrubb
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 12,94 MB
Release : 2013-09-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1408159902

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A highly readable review of some 700 years of avian exploitation.

Author : Paul Sterry
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,83 MB
Release : 2015-04-27
Category : Birds
ISBN : 9780007551521

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In a unique new collaboration, Collins have paired up with the respected British Trust for Ornithology, bringing together the most authoritative and up-to-date information in this new field guide to the common birds of Britain and Ireland.

Author : Clifford B. Frith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 48,59 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0190240237

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Focuses exclusively on Darwin the ornithologist, not on biographical aspects of Darwin's life.