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wood engravings


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wood engravings

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Prints made using the process of wood engraving, which is 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.

Variations

wood engraving

engravings, wood

xylographs

wood-engravings

wood-engraving

gravures sur bois

gravure sur bois

gravures sur bois debout

Holzschnitten

Holzschnitt

Holzstich

incisioni su legno

incisione su legno

Broader Term

relief prints

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