Antique Manuscript-AUTOGRAPH-CHARNLEY BOOKSELLER-Thomas Bewick-1820

Subject: Written in Newcastle, 1820. Images of front and rear page shown in the listing. Laid paper. Undescribed.

Condition: Very good, given age. Browned.

Medium: Manuscript on laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is: 20.2 x 8 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is: 8 x 3.1 inch.

Part Number: 55374

Location: TPCLA-A25-18

Antique manuscript: 'A promissory note signed by Thomas Bewick.'. A promissory note for £ 40 in favor of Mr. Emerson Charnley, bookseller, Newcastle upon Tyne, signed recto and verso by Thomas Bewick.

Artists and Engravers: Author(s): Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was born in Prudhoe, near Newcastle upon Tyne. He would remain in this region for the rest of his live. Bewick worked as a wood engraver. His many very finely executed designs and book illustrations are highly appreciated. Bewick is seen as the man who started the great production of wood engraving in the 19th. century.