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Wood engraving: Quick Facts

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Wood engraving block by Thomas Bewick depicting a horse standing near a child in a rural landscape with trees and a house in the background.
Wood engraving block by Thomas Bewick depicting a peacock with its long, detailed tail feathers fanned out, surrounded by trees and foliage.
Wood engraving block by Thomas Bewick depicting a swan with raised wings gliding on water, with detailed foliage and trees in the background.
John Stuart Mill, undated wood engraving.
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Edward Gordon Craig, 1890.
Edward Gordon Craig
British actor and director
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
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Eric Gill
British artist and printer
Illustration by Walter Crane for The Frog Prince (1873).
Walter Crane
British illustrator and painter
Thomas Bewick: The Tawny Owl
Thomas Bewick
British artist
Gibson, William Hamilton
William Hamilton Gibson
American illustrator and author
Gustave Doré
Gustave Doré
French illustrator
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William James Linton
British engraver and author