Comments on: Bewick’s Birds Of Spitalfields

By: Colin Cohen

Colin Cohen — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 16:44:20 +0000

I guess that on a phone the engravings are about original size, but for once a computer monitor is a hindrance, obscuring his shere skill as an engraver

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 13:23:06 +0000

Lovely illustrations.
The first nine are regular visitors to my Suffolk front lawn when I bung out a few titbits and the bally cat isn’t having a butchers.
The others sadly are rarely seen in the manor.
Good work.

By: Tom French

Tom French — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:35:53 +0000

These images are incredible. The sharply defined detail of their plumage makes it easy to image the contrasting colours of the Birds, and the fact that they are shown in black & white is just fine. As a lasting living memorial to him, Bewick Swans are named in honour of Thomas Bewick.

By: Mathilde Grange

Mathilde Grange — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:52:25 +0000

Beautiful Absolutely beautiful.

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:23:33 +0000

The most recent episode of BBC2’s Hidden Treasures of the National Trust (Episode 4) featured an exploration of Bewick’s work and his home Cherryburn in Northumberland. Well worth a watch.

By: Stephen Watts

Stephen Watts — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:06:44 +0000

Cormorants & swans often on the river & sometimes flying overhead. There used to be kestrels in Whitechapel : I’d see them quite often, though not recently at all. Not sure if you’d want to include the (quite wide) range of ducks & geese. Thank god for the birds, may they live on !

By: Greg T

Greg T — Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:00:38 +0000

The “Collared Dove” is a Wood Pigeon
Collard Doves did not appear in Britain until the mid or late 1950’s