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

Vignette for the British Transport Commission, with threee figures and barges

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mackley, George

"Episodes in an obscure life".

Maker(s)

Designer: Graham, Thomas Alexander Ferguson
Printmaker: Dalziel family

The Veiled Bride

Maker(s)

Designer: Solomon, Simeon
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Sick lady on her bed

Maker(s)

Designer: Lawless, Matthew James
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Practising

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Hoity Toity

Maker(s)

Designer: Pettie, John
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Zobeidè prepares to whip the dogs

Maker(s)

Designer: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
Printmaker: Dalziel family
Printer: Dalziel family
Publisher: Ward & Lock

Man in despair

Maker(s)

Designer: Tenniel, John
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

"Why, it's young Eames".

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

The Death of Eglon

Maker(s)

Designer: Brown, Ford Madox
Printmaker: Dalziel family

View of buildings with a mill and church tower

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Story of the Mine

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Dalziel family

The Banishment of the Scotch Fairies

Maker(s)

Designer: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
Printmaker: Dalziel family

"Poor unhappy girl", Joshua said.

Maker(s)

Designer: Dalziel, Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Cover Decoration for the Forestry Commission with logging

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Mackley, George

Woman at a deathbed

Maker(s)

Designer: Bradley, Basil

Prince seated on the head of an elephant

Maker(s)

Designer: Hughes, Arthur
Printmaker: Dalziel family

An image of Print

"Was it not a lie?"

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

On The Water

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Dog sitting

Maker(s)

Designer: Riviere, Briton

"Your life and mine".

Maker(s)

Designer: Graham, Thomas Alexander Ferguson
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Sick child

Maker(s)

Designer: Graham, Thomas Alexander Ferguson
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Bridget Dally's Change

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Dalziel family

The Landlord and his "Lodgers".

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Cooper, James Davis

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