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 4,766 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

13yrs ago

Connected records

An image of Print

Bacchante undoing her hair

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moore, Thomas Sturge

An image of Print

Ornament from 'The Little School'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moore, Thomas Sturge
Publisher: Pissarro, Lucien

"Beside the Stile"

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Dalziel family

"Turning from the loom, she kissed Edgar affectionately"

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Mother and child

Maker(s)

Designer: Hughes, Arthur
Printmaker: Dalziel family

"There's little change, I'm glad to see, Patterson, either about you or the place."

Maker(s)

Designer: Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Children fighting

Maker(s)

Designer: Mahoney, James
Printmaker: Dalziel family

An image of Print

Danaë in the Brazen Chamber

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Sandys, Frederick
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Musa

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Two girls playing

Maker(s)

Designer: Brewtnall, Edward Frederick
Printmaker: Dalziel family

"One hapless hour he fell asleep."

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Cooper, James Davis

Scene from the Bible

Maker(s)

Designer: Houghton, Arthur Boyd

The Blacksmiths of Holsby

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Men on a country path, carrying wood

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

View of buildings with a mill and church tower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Old woman and little girls at church

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John

An image of Print

Illustration to Chapter V of 'The Hampdens', A Certain November in Merry England

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Siegfried slaying Fafnir

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moore, Thomas Sturge

Mexican Fruits

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Underwood, Leon

"Down he scrambled."

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Williamson, J. B.

"I see plainly that you, like your brothers, think only of self."

Maker(s)

Designer: Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

"Bless me!" cried the Laird.

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

An image of Print

'Nuns fret not'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moore, Thomas Sturge

Two Princes

Maker(s)

Designer: Hughes, Arthur
Printmaker: Dalziel family

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