Featured old wood engraving

hi folks

something i bought this week mainly for the old frame it was in (for another painting).

the engraving was a bad fit for the frame, so need to find another

seems quite a nice print though, probably somewhere in devon

has a OM mark in bottom corner

some foxing so has age i think

any help or info appreciated

 

Looks like an illustration.

Debora

 

lino wotsit ?

 

does have that look to it, its 16 by 12 inches, so not from a book

 

Cant help with location or artist, but it looks to me more of a woodcut than a wood engraving. Seems to me the lines on a wood engraving are usually much finer.

One of the last prints I purchased (and am likely to purchase) was this wood engraving titled "And Some Fell Among Thorns), by Samuel Valentine Hunt after William Trost Richards, 1863 ( not much known about either of them).


And a detail:



As I've said previously (and only my opinion): wood engravings generally get little respect. Wood cuts frequently get even less.

 

thanks for the info mos, did think possibly woodcut

its quite a strong image, surprised theres not another example of it about

just asked my nextdoor neigbour who's up on local history, and he says its hartland in devon, with lundy island in the distance

 

Agree a bit large for a picture book but... the right side margin appears to have been torn from something.

Debora

 

yeah does seem to have been trimmed or torn on one side. i bet somebody did that to fit the frame, as it was such a bad match, and poorly done

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