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Singalese.
"Singalesen (Ceylon)"

Wood engraving 1885.
https://t.co/BIopnhORue

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2021-04-13

The sketch and final engraving for the execution of Lady Jane Grey by French artist Achille Deveria. Unfortunately he got it wrong Jane was not executed with a sword but an axe.

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2021-04-11

The book includes 280 wood engravings. Northcote devised the designs accompanying each fable, and wood engraver William Harvey drew Northcote’s designs on wood, which were then engraved by wood engravers. Today we bring you some of the feathered engravings from this book.

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2021-04-09

A Fabulous Wood-Engraved
Yesterday we presented a selection of wood engravings from 'One Hundred Fables,' written and selected by the painter James Northcote and printed by wood engraver John Johnson for the London publisher George Lawford in 1828.

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2021-04-09

For we present a selection from 'One Hundred Fables,' written & selected by the English painter James Northcote, printed by British printer and wood engraver John Johnson for the London print publisher George Lawford in 1828. More: https://t.co/2BHp9lo1dS

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2021-04-08

The angel of death striking a door during the Antonine Plague of 165-180 AD. The total death count has been estimated at 5–10 million. Not as if we have not seen them before. Please can we be a bit more ready next time?
An 19thC engraving by Levasseur after Jules-Elie Delaunay.

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2021-04-05

The design career of renowned Norwegian designer Martin Mörck, the engraver of several Canadian stamps, was highlighted in a recent Collectors’ Conference webinar.

Read more: https://t.co/QEF4yO9A9e

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2021-04-02

William Edward (Bill) Medcalf (1920-2005)
Pin-up girl illustrations, landscape and portrait painting, engraving

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2021-04-01

On the last day of Women’s History Month, we present wood engravings by one of the most prolific English wood engravers of the 20th century, Joan Hassall, from the 1965 Limited Editions Club production of 'The Poems of Robert Burns.' Learn more here: https://t.co/etUkhqcZF4

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2021-04-01

'Stooking', a print from a wood engraving by Clare Leighton, whose 'Four Hedges' has been re-issued by and contains many of her wood engravings.
https://t.co/jRzLTRIEPf

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2021-03-31

Muscles and blood-vessels of the head, neck, chest, arm and hand of an écorché cadaver, engraving by Antonio Serantoni, 1816.

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2021-03-31

Pierre-Joseph Redouté (10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison, many of which were published as large, color stipple engravings.

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2021-03-30

The 1890s photoengraving of Australia’s famous explorer John Forrest and his mixed-race 1874 survey party crossing the uncharted center of Western Australia is illustrative of the country’s complex colonial and...https://t.co/BJ1PFjuky1

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2021-03-29

We do indeed. We met a charming cafe during a terrible storm in the 2nd circle of Hell. Minos was a most accommodating host. 😈😄 Engraving by Gustave Doré.

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2021-03-27

Who’s been missing early morning swims? The Parliament Hill Lido is reopening on Monday! To celebrate, here’s a little drypoint engraving..

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2021-03-26

I love that her pact's engravings have scarred. She carries her experiences with her and looks fucking hot. Makeup on point, perfectly tailored dress, flawless hair... And a cool trophy on prominent display in the window of her office. Prof Onyx knows what she's about 💜

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2021-03-26

This week we present some wood engravings by Gwen Raverat (1885-1957) from the 1934 Cambridge University Press printing of English poet Frances Cornford’s collection 'Mountains & Molehills.' Learn more here: https://t.co/c2DyBu9ymR

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2021-03-25

"Queen Mab blessing sleeping baby", engraving by Gustave Doré 🌟

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2021-03-21

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Jacob Matham, Hendrick Goltzius
Prints, Engraving
Dutch, 1589

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2021-03-20

Engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet from an anonymous Chinese drawing, featured in Edme Billardon-Sauvigny's Histoire naturelle des dorades de la Chine (1780).

Available as a print in our online shop: https://t.co/PuLxqWz9oH

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2021-03-20