Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
Title:: The bald knight : tailpiece.
Published / Created:: England, 1818?
Physical Description:: 1 printing block ; 42 mm high x 52 mm wide x 24 mm deep
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NE1147.6.B49 A68e Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Related Content:: View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:16473101
Classification:: Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:: Title derived from heading in The fables of Aesop.
The image engraved on the present printing block, by Thomas Bewick, was originally published in Bewick's The fables of Aesop and others, with designs on wood (Newcastle: E. Walker for T. Bewick and Son, Longman and Co. London, 1818).
Subject Terms:: Wit and humor.
Form/Genre:: Wood blocks (printing blocks)
Contributors:: Contained in (work): Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828. The fables of Aesop and others, with designs on wood.