Cherryburn is a cottage in Mickley,

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, England. It was the birthplace of

Thomas Bewick Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828) was an English wood engraving, wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving cutlery, making the wood blocks for advertisements, ...

, an

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wood engraver Wood engraving is a printmaking technique, in which an artist works an image into a block of wood. Functionally a variety of woodcut, it uses relief printing, where the artist applies ink to the face of the block and prints using relatively lo ...

and

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. The cottage, its adjacent farmhouse and large grounds, have been managed by the

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since 1991 when they took over responsibility for the site from the Bewick Birthplace Trust. Cherryburn is open to the public.

History

Thomas Bewick was born in the cottage in August 1753, he grew up there until the age of 14 when he moved to

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to become a bound apprentice with the Beilby family. The Cottage and the Farmhouse are now a museum to show what life was back when Thomas Bewick was alive. The Cottage has been furnished with items which would have been common at the time and the Farmhouse possesses a large collection of Bewick's publications, original engravings and printing equipment. File:Cherryburn bed-in-a-cupboard.jpg, Cherryburn bed-in-a-cupboard. It folded away by day, letting the room be used as a parlour. File:Cherryburn kitchen.jpg, Cherryburn kitchen. It was the main room of the cottage, occupying most of the ground floor. File:Bewick's wood-engraving tools.jpg, Some of Bewick's wood-engraving tools File:Printing demo at Cherryburn.jpg, Printing demo File:Box of Bewick's wood-engraving tools.jpg, Box of Bewick's wood-engraving tools File:Thomas Bewick aged 40, unknown artist c. 1793.jpg, Thomas Bewick aged 40, unknown artist c. 1793 File:Bewick's chair at Cherryburn.jpg, Bewick's chair File:Drawing of Thomas Bewick with his pencil and dog at Cherryburn.jpg, Drawing of Thomas Bewick with his pencil and dog

References

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External links

Cherryburn's entry on the National Trust website
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