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

Pied Wagtail and Roach

Maker(s)

Printmaker: See-Paynton, Colin

Waterfall, Prescelly Mountains, south Wales

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Stone, Reynolds

Bucks Mills

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Paynter, Hilary

And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem...

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric
Publisher: Golden Cockerel Press

Phyllis leaping.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Middleton, Mike

Like a Young Fawn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric

Like a Young Fawn

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric

The Meadow

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Taylor, Charles William

The Foolish Virgins

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family

An image of Print

Joanna Douglas in 'The Trial Sermon'

Maker(s)

Designer: Whistler, James Abbott McNeill
Printmaker: Dalziel family

The Parable of the Leaven

Maker(s)

Designer: Millais, John Everett
Printmaker: Dalziel family
Publisher: Strahan & Co.

Street scene

Maker(s)

Designer: Pritchett, Edward
Printmaker: Swain, Joseph

The Sailor's Bride

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt
Draughtsman: Sandys, Frederick (After)

The Ploughman

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Calvert, Edward

The Tennis Player

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gill, Eric

Virginia Woolf and the Raverats : a different sort of friendship

Maker(s)

Author: Woolf, Virginia
Author: Raverat, Gwendolen
Author: Raverat, Jacques Pierre
Illustrator: Raverat, Gwendolen
Editor: Pryor, William
Publisher: Clear Books
Designer: Stone, Humphrey
Binder (person): Smith Settle Limited
Printer: Lawrence, Simon

Olympic Stadium with Cranes I

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Desmet, Anne

L'Orologio d'Amore

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Amore muto

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

Amore, che fugge dalla Vecchiaja

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown

The Novels of Thomas Love Peacock

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

The Last September by Elizabeth Bowen - dust jacket

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

The Green Garden

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

Lady in the Dark by Myfanwy Price - Dust jacket

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hassall, Joan

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