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:
Chevauchet
Draughtsman:
Durand, Godefroy
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Houghton, Arthur Boyd
(After)
Printmaker:
Badoureau, E.
Draughtsman:
Durand, Godefroy
(After)
Printmaker:
Bodenstab, W. R.
Draughtsman:
Parsons, Alfred William
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Durand, Godefroy
(After)
Printmaker:
Hooper, William Harcourt
Draughtsman:
Walker, Frederick
(After)
Printmaker:
Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman:
Walker, Frederick
(After)
Printmaker:
Cole, Timothy
Draughtsman:
Verrocchio, Andrea del
(After)
Printmaker:
Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman:
Houghton, Arthur Boyd
(After)
Printmaker:
Chevauchet
Draughtsman:
Durand, Godefroy
(After)
Printmaker:
Harral, Horace
Draughtsman:
Houghton, Arthur Boyd
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Burne-Jones, Edward
(After)
Printmaker:
Unknown
Draughtsman:
Durand, Godefroy
(After)
Printmaker:
Bewick, Thomas
Printer:
McCreery, John
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