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

Opus Six

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gabo, Naum

Hüfingen, near Schaffhausen

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Coulton, George Gordon

Thenot remonstrates with Colinet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Blasted tree and flattened crops

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

An image of Print

You should have wept her yesterday

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Printmaker: Linton, William James

La Maternité

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cole, Timothy
Painter: Carrière, Eugène (After)

Frontispiece to "The Sacrifice of Youth"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Chubb, Ralph Nicholas
Publisher: Curridge Press, Berkshire

Colinet's journey: milestone marked "LXII miles to London"

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

An image of Print

Buy from us with a golden curl

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel
Printmaker: Faulkner, John

Thenot under fruit tree

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Frontispiece: Thenot and Colinet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Thenot and Colinet lead their flocks together

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Blake, William

Tutte Le Opere di Dante Alighieri Fiorentino

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Draughtsman: Gere, Charles March
Printer: Ashendene Press

King Lear: The Storm

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Craig, Edward Gordon

An image of Print

Head-Piece to the Purgatorio

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Draughtsman: Gere, Charles March
Printer: Ashendene Press

Habakkuk

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gooden, Stephen Frederick

Emblems Engraved on Wood by Eric Gill

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

The Money-Bag and the Whip

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

An image of Print

The Agony in the Garden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press

A man seated in his garden

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

An image of Print

Epiphany

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric

An image of Print

Madonna and Child with Chalice

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

Dumb-Driven Cattle

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Gill, Eric
Engraver: Pepler, Douglas
Publisher: St. Dominic's Press

An image of Print

St. Paul

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric

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