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

A Kiss

Maker(s)

Designer: Walker, Frederick
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

"Devotedly attached to the young man!"

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Ladies travelling in a carriage

Maker(s)

Designer: Watson, John Dawson
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Plastic Circumstance

Maker(s)

Designer: Walker, Frederick
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Of a Haunted House in Mexico

Maker(s)

Designer: Poynter, Edward John

"Sweet rose, the blossoms on thy tree were born to aid a lover's plea."

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Fairy entering a room

Maker(s)

Designer: Poynter, Edward John
Printmaker: Dalziel family

"They dined off a twopenny loaf and a pennyworth of milk."

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Camaralzaman commands Giondar to put the Princes to death

Maker(s)

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

The Notting Hill Mystery.

Maker(s)

Designer: Keene, Charles Samuel (Attributed to)

Comfort in Grief

Maker(s)

Designer: Walker, Frederick
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Calypso

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Man in a Renaissance costume, seated on a bench

Maker(s)

Designer: Watson, John Dawson

Tares and Wheat

Maker(s)

Designer: Hughes, Arthur

"Followers not allowed."

Maker(s)

Designer: Pinwell, George John
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Imprint of the Unicorn Press

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Moore, Thomas Sturge

The Story of the Mine

Maker(s)

Designer: Small, William
Printmaker: Dalziel family

An image of Print

Legend of the Portent

Maker(s)

Designer: Sandys, Frederick
Printmaker: Linton, William James

Ducie of the Dale

Maker(s)

Designer: Poynter, Edward John
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

Man and woman

Maker(s)

Designer: Green, Charles

Young woman looking through a window

Maker(s)

Designer: Fraser, Francis Arthur
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Foul Play

Maker(s)

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

‘The girl on the summit of the load…’

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Parker, Agnes Miller

Sister Edith's probation

Maker(s)

Designer: Houghton, Arthur Boyd
Printmaker: Dalziel family

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