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

The sick boy

Maker(s)

Designer: Staniland, Charles Joseph
Publisher: Petter & Galpin
Publisher: Cassell, John

The Crawley Family

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Four women and a young girl in a kitchen

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

Dark Gordon's Bride

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

"Bell, here's the inkstand"

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)
Printmaker: Dalziel family

An image of Print

Illustration to Chapter XIV of 'The Hampdens', Patriot Farewells to Merry England

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

An image of Print

Locksley Hall

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thompson, John
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)
Author: Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (After)

An image of Print

St Agnes Eve

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Dalziel family
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)
Author: Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (After)

An image of Print

Edward Grey

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Thompson, John
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)
Author: Tennyson, Alfred, Lord (After)

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain (Volume 1 between pages 92-93)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 33)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 63)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (above colophon)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 42)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 47)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain (Volume 2 between pages 332-333)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 58)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain (Volume 1 between pages 6-7)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain (Volume 1 between pages 40-41)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 25)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

Illustration to Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice (page 76)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hoffmann, Felix

The Yacht-Race

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Becker, Fred

Harvest

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Calapai, Letterio

Looking over the cliff

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Cole, Timothy
Draughtsman: Homer, Winslow (After)

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