The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 14Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1830 - Great Britain |
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... Thomas Harrison , Esq . 9. Sir Brent Spencer 10. Lord Colchester 11. Dr. George Pearson 12. Mr. Terry 13. Sir David Baird 14. William Stevenson , Esq . 15. Earl of Buchan 16. Mr. Thomas Bewick 17. Sir James Athol Wood 18. Archibald ...
... Thomas Harrison , Esq . 9. Sir Brent Spencer 10. Lord Colchester 11. Dr. George Pearson 12. Mr. Terry 13. Sir David Baird 14. William Stevenson , Esq . 15. Earl of Buchan 16. Mr. Thomas Bewick 17. Sir James Athol Wood 18. Archibald ...
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... Thomas Bewick 17. Sir James Athol Wood 19. Dr. Wollaston 20. John Reeves , Esq . 22. Mr. Baron Hullock 23. William Thomas Fitz - Gerald , Esq . - 308 312 [ Continued . ] No. 24. Sir Miles Nightingall 25. Earl of Huntingdon 26.
... Thomas Bewick 17. Sir James Athol Wood 19. Dr. Wollaston 20. John Reeves , Esq . 22. Mr. Baron Hullock 23. William Thomas Fitz - Gerald , Esq . - 308 312 [ Continued . ] No. 24. Sir Miles Nightingall 25. Earl of Huntingdon 26.
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... d - dos in the Highland military costume . With some very slight and unimportant exceptions , the foregoing Memoir has been derived from the pages of " The Gentleman's Magazine . ” No. XVI . MR . THOMAS BEWICK . Or this EARL OF BUCHAN .
... d - dos in the Highland military costume . With some very slight and unimportant exceptions , the foregoing Memoir has been derived from the pages of " The Gentleman's Magazine . ” No. XVI . MR . THOMAS BEWICK . Or this EARL OF BUCHAN .
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... blocks one after an- other , as in calico - printing and paper - staining , it may be diffi- cult to say ; but to produce them on the same block is so difficult and unnatural , that though Nesbitt , one of 221 Mr Thomas Bewick.
... blocks one after an- other , as in calico - printing and paper - staining , it may be diffi- cult to say ; but to produce them on the same block is so difficult and unnatural , that though Nesbitt , one of 221 Mr Thomas Bewick.
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difficult and unnatural , that though Nesbitt , one of Bewick's early pupils , attempted it on a few occasions , and the splendid print of Dentatus , by Harvey , shows that it is not impos- sible , even on a large ... THOMAS BEWICK . 225.
difficult and unnatural , that though Nesbitt , one of Bewick's early pupils , attempted it on a few occasions , and the splendid print of Dentatus , by Harvey , shows that it is not impos- sible , even on a large ... THOMAS BEWICK . 225.
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