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Thomas Bewick black plaque

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This black commemorative plaque records: Thomas Bewick 1753-1828. The artist and naturalist, celebrated for his "History of British Birds" traded as an engraver and copperplate printer in a workshop on this site from about 1790. Recorded plaque organisation: Bewick Society, City of Newcastle upon Tyne.

From the Open Plaques record 11950

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