Wood engraving

Scope note

A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the grain end of a wood block; distinct from "woodcut (process)," which is a relief process using the plank side of a wood block.

This term has 4,746 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053303

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chiaroscuro wood engraving

Term used for

engraving, wood
wood-engraving
xylography

Created

14yrs ago

Connected records

Illustration for 'Poems of Robert Burns'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Dust jacket

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Illustration for 'The Plain Facts. A Plain, but Amiable Cat'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Winged Chariot

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Christmas card

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Cover of Cock Robin

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Illustration for 'Wild Highlands'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Illustration for 'Scottish Pageant'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Illustration for The Roman Missal

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Illustration for 'Bronte Story'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Metal printing block (electrotyped?) for 'The Kissing Bough'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Illustration for 'The Kissing Bough'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Bookplate of Kathleen Finlay Horsman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Dust jacket

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Mon petit homme, faut être raisonnable…

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Baulant, Alexandre
Draughtsman: Gavarni, Paul (After)

The Tennis Player

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric

An image of Print

The Old Clothes Market, Camp Field, Manchester' (Knott Mill Fair, Manchester)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Shields, Frederic James (After)

A Wife

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

Musa

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dalziel family
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

Travelling for pleasure in Merry England

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

"There was sorrow in her heart, and deep thought in her mind"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dalziel family
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

Seated woman, with one hand covering her face (The Head Master's Sister)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Lawless, Matthew James (After)

A Head of Hair for Sale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

Niccolò at work

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Leighton, Frederic, Baron (After)

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