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.
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Technique
300053303
14yrs ago
Printmaker:
Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman:
Sandys, Frederick
(After)
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Oskar; Steinbrecher, Gustav Richard; Gaber, August; Bürkner, Hugo
Publisher:
Wigand, Georg
Draughtsman:
Rethel, Alfred
(After)
Printmaker:
Schmidt, Oskar; Steinbrecher, Gustav Richard; Gaber, August; Bürkner, Hugo
Publisher:
Wigand, Georg
Draughtsman:
Rethel, Alfred
(After)
Draughtsman:
Millais, John Everett
(After)
Printmaker:
Dalziel family
Printmaker:
Bellenger, Clément
Draughtsman:
Lhermitte, Léon Augustin
(After)
Draughtsman:
Millais, John Everett
(After)
Printmaker:
Dalziel family
Printmaker:
Thompson, John
Draughtsman:
Millais, John Everett
(After)
Author:
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
(After)
Printmaker:
Dalziel family
Draughtsman:
Millais, John Everett
(After)
Author:
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
(After)
Printmaker:
Thompson, John
Draughtsman:
Millais, John Everett
(After)
Author:
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord
(After)
Designer:
Millais, John Everett
Printmaker:
Dalziel family
Designer:
Staniland, Charles Joseph
Publisher:
Petter & Galpin
Publisher:
Cassell, John
Printmaker:
Maurand, Charles
Printmaker:
Daumier, Honoré Victorin
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Designer:
Nicholl, Andrew
(After)
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