A turnspit (dog). Wood-engraving by T. Bewick, 1789.

  • Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828.
Date:
[between 1790 and 1799?]
Reference:
751271i
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Description

"Turnspit dog: a dog kept to turn the roasting-spit by running within a kind of tread-wheel connected with it"-Oxford English Dictionary

Publication/Creation

[Newcastle upon Tyne?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1790 and 1799?]

Physical description

1 print : wood-engraving ; image and lettering approximately 5 x 7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

History of quadrupeds. The turnspit Bears page number top right: 365

Reference

Wellcome Collection 751271i

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