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 4,746 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

Dark Gordon's bride

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

The Traveller

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Brown, Ford Madox (After)

The Fair Jacobite

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

The Plague of Elliant

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

An image of Print

Huntsmen with dogs

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Caldecott, Randolph (After)

Anna confides in her mother (Sister Anna's Probation)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

Thor's hunt for his hammer

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

Master Olaf

Maker(s)

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

A Head of Hair for Sale

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

An image of Print

Interior scene with a seated woman playing a guitar, two men dance cossack style to the right, and another man stands in the corner with his arms crossed, watching them

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Durand, Godefroy (After)

"Yes, Lewis," she said; "quite satisfied."

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

An image of Print

Seeing the doctor

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Caldecott, Randolph (After)

La fille bien gardée

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

An image of Print

Early morning in Covent Garden - Shelling peas

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Draughtsman: Houghton, Arthur Boyd (After)

Seated woman, with one hand covering her face (The Head Master's Sister)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Lawless, Matthew James (After)

Iphis and Anaxarete

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

An image of Print

Courtroom scene

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Huyot, Jules
Draughtsman: Durand, Godefroy (After)

Tannhaüser

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

La fille bien gardée

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

"Ah me! She was a winsome maid."

Maker(s)

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

The Seamstress (from The Iceberg)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Millais, John Everett (After)

(Fleurette?)

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sliegh, John
Draughtsman: Lawless, Matthew James (After)

An image of Print

Illustration for the programme of "Black-eyed Susan" at the Royalty Theatre

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Hooper, William Harcourt (Attributed)
Draughtsman: Walker, Frederick (After)

A Seat in the Park

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Swain, Joseph
Draughtsman: Pinwell, George John (After)

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