File:Reaper and Partridge Nest tail-piece in Bewick British Birds 1797.jpg

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English: Tail-piece woodcut for 'The Partridge' in Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds, Volume 1, Land Birds, 1797. The woodcut shows a reaper seeing that he has just killed a partridge which was sitting on a nest of a dozen eggs in the cornfield.
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Source History of British Birds, 1797
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Thomas Bewick  (1753–1828)  wikidata:Q437594 s:en:Author:Thomas Bewick
 
Thomas Bewick
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Бевик, Томас; Thomas Bewick; Бевик; Томас Бюик; Bewick; Tomas Bevik; トマス・ビュイック
Description British ornithologist, printmaker, painter, illustrator, wood engraver and copper engraver
English engraver and natural history author
Date of birth/death 10 August 1753 / 12 August 1753 Edit this at Wikidata 8 November 1828 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Mickley Gateshead
Work period 1768 Edit this at Wikidata–1828 Edit this at Wikidata
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