Background
Jane Bewick is known for her lifelong veneration for her father"s memory, and her store of anecdotes about his work and ways.
Jane Bewick is known for her lifelong veneration for her father"s memory, and her store of anecdotes about his work and ways.
In 1862 she edited and issued A Memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by Himself. Embellished by numerous wood engravings, designed and engraved by the author for a work on British Fishes, and never before published. This memoir, written by her father at Jane"s request in 1822-1828, was throughout the nineteenth century the standard authority for Bewick"s personal history, providing a frank, manly, and characteristic piece of autobiography, but it barely mentions his innovative wood engraving method and technique.
After her death her executors presented a collection of portraits, drawings, prints, and other Bewick relics to the Newcastle Natural History Society"s Museum.
