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Bewick's Matchem

On p.57 of Nature's Engraver, Jenny Uglow describes Thomas Bewick at the age of fifteen, after the excitement of a day at the races, engraving on a copper medallion an image of the famous racehorse Matchem. Bewick's Matchem repeats this account together with a succinct essay by Nigel Tattersfield about both Bewick's apprenticeship engraving and the horse itself. Interspersed are photographs of both side of this medallion, for many years obscured from public scrutiny.

120 copies set in Caslon, bound in quarter-cloth and marbled papers

Price: £48 + postage