By publishing his "Deutschlands Flora" in a minute format (measuring only 13-15 cm), Sturm was able to make his German flora, containing 2472 engravings, less expensive & thus available to as many people as possible. Find it in https://t.co/5ivqMo7EOW

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For this week's we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the October 1904 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review.' More here: https://t.co/dDOBhRPcrr

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At the Worcester Art Museum there’s some armor with real cool engravings, plus a big grandfather clock. Of course, I immediately thought of a mechanical mouse helmet that incorporated both of them....you know, as you do.

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For the month of September, and the beginning of the fall semester, we present all of the wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the Sept. 1903 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review.' Learn more: https://t.co/KgMQ5M5sJa

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Zoology of New Holland ([1793]-1794) describes & illustrates animals from Australia with text by George Shaw and hand-colored engravings prepared by James Sowerby. Explore this in via : https://t.co/RTCRMIFmZ3

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Valentin Le Campion (1903-1952), wood engravings

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Please enjoy these few fine proverbs with engravings by Hellmuth Weissenborn from 'A Collection of Proverbs from All Nations,' published by the Acorn Press in 1979. Learn more here: https://t.co/tKrjmrYbq8

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LEARNING FROM MASTER REMBRANDT
(ink+watercolor versions from three engravings, 1998)

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The periodical was edited and published by the British landscape designer William Robinson, with some color prints & engravings based on the work of artist Henry G. Moon. 'Flora and Sylva' is a title from a donation of botanical & horticultural books from Lynde Bradley Uihlein.

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For the first Wednesday in August, we present wood engravings, photogravures, and chromolithographs from the August 1904 issue of the periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, Woodland, Tree or Flower." Learn more here: https://t.co/rWoxFX4MvW

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“As I turned the fragile pages, I was unable to resist running my cotton-gloved fingers over the hand-coloured engravings. Butterfies danced, caterpillars chewed, glossy metallic cocoons hung suspended from the undersides of the leaves by the slenderest of threads”

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I have to say I do wish more people liked engravings/etchings/prints more. Those have always been some of my faves, but I tend to enjoy more stylized artworks in general...
https://t.co/dESKlhxgPT

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Yesterday for World Turtle Day we brought you a broadside with a wood engraving by Alan J Robinson. Today we present wood engravings & etchings of ravens from Robinson’s 1980 Cheloniidae Press edition of Edgar Allan Poe’s dark poem "The Raven." Read more: https://t.co/QUWFDQseyX

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Landscape by Albrecht Dürer, who was born in 1471. While most of his work consisted of oil paintings and woodcut engravings, Dürer also painted a number of watercolour landscapes in his travels to and from Italy, particularly in the Alps of southern Tyrol, Italy.

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"A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland" (1793-95) was the 1st published scientific book dedicated to Australian flora. It features engravings prepared by James Sowerby based partly on drawings by convict artist Thomas Watling: https://t.co/1kdms7YyuG

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For the first Wednesday in May, we present wood engravings and chromolithographs from the May 1904 issue of the early 20th-century periodical 'Flora and Sylva, A Monthly Review for Lovers of Gardens, Woodland, Tree or Flower." Learn more here: https://t.co/LkuBZVzRCX

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Fear and fascism: illustrations by Lynd Ward from his wordless novel, SONG WITHOUT WORDS: A BOOK OF ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD (1936).

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This week's post features original wood engravings by Alan James Robinson from his printing of 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe, produced at Cheloniidae Press in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1984. Take a look here: https://t.co/J3KiBMHVXr

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Have an artistic weekend! Come to the and immerse yourself in in our craft gallery; solo shows of prints, drawing, and sculpture by RBSA artists on our ground floor; and an upper-floor retrospective of by Hilary Paynter.

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