What is recorded here

This bronze commemorative plaque records: Thomas Bewick engraved the Chillingham Wild Bull on wood in 1789. This large-scale representation was made in 2003 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the artist’s birth. Recorded plaque organisation: Grainger Town Project, One NorthEast.

Thomas Bewick was a renowned English engraver and illustrator, celebrated for his innovative techniques in wood engraving and detailed natural history illustrations that significantly influenced 18th-century printmaking.

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