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 Trade card

Trade card for The Monteplier Baths, Harrogate

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

An image of Trade card

Trade card for Benjamin Edgington, Marquee, Tent and Rick Cloth maker, London

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Bookplate for William Abercrombie

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt

Ticket for admission into a private view at Strawberry Hill

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Landells, Ebenezer
Draughtsman: Delamotte, William Alfred (After)

An image of Trade card

Trade card for the Cock Inn, Sutton

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Sammtlich nach der Natur gezeichnet. Nro. 3

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Knilling, Nikolaus
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Nro. 1

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Monogrammist LB
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Der Turco. Nro. 8

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Busch, Wilhelm
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

No. 2. Unsere Gefangenen.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Förster, Christian

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Vor Paris (Bilder nach dem Leben). Nro. 13

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Harburger, Edmund
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

No. 3. Im Felde.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Förster, Christian

Kriegsbilderbogen No. X

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Mutze & Duhring

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Rosalinde. Nro. 14

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

Entstehungs-Geschichte des Krieges 1870. 1

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hügel, Max

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Verhext. Nro. 4

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Knilling, Nikolaus
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

Erinnerungsblatter an das Jahr 1870. Nro. 5

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Monogrammist LB
Publisher: Braun & Schneider

O Napoleon! Du Schustergeselle. Illustrirtes Soklatenlied. 3

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Brend'amour, Franz Robert Richard

Kriegsbilderbogen No. II

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Mutze & Duhring

Kriegsbilderbogen No. IX

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Mutze & Duhring

An image of Valentine card

Likenesses taken in this style

Maker(s)

Publisher: J.L. Marks

Portrait of Edward Daniel, bookseller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mowatt, J. E.

Woman in an attic, looking through the window

Maker(s)

Designer: Graham, Thomas Alexander Ferguson
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Soldier and servant hiding in an attic

Maker(s)

Designer: Green, Charles
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Wood engraving by Simon Brett for Chez Monsieur Prieur by Paul Dehn

Maker(s)

Publisher: Baker, Anthony Baden
Publisher: Gruffyground Press
Printer: Carter, Sebastian
Rampant Lions Press
Printmaker: Brett, Simon

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