What's On

• Workshop

  LCW Maker Demonstration - Contemporary British Silversmiths

  V&A South Kensington

  He uses a combination of traditional silversmithing skills and hand engraving to create delicate but…
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  Into the Woods - Wood Engraving Workshop

  Gain an introduction you to the art of wood engraving
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  Summer School: Wood Engraving Workshop

  This practical two day workshop provides students with a sound introduction to wood engraving.
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  Pattern Making: Draw, Print, Engrave

  V&A South Kensington

  This event is unfortunately cancelled.
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  Neil Brownsword: Pattern Book with Paul Holdway

  Former Spode engraver Paul Holdway has been specially commissioned to replicate one of Brownsword’s digital…

Features

• Article

  How was it made? Glass engraving

  Watch the beautiful, intricate and rare art of glass engraving using copper wheels
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  Opera engravings, caricatures, and prints

  Engravings, caricatures and prints in our collections document the dramatic 400 year history of opera
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  Eric Ravilious – British wood engraver and watercolour artist

  Discover more about the life and works of British wood engraver and watercolour artist Eric Ravilious.
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  How was it made? Guilloché enamelling

  The invention of the rose engine lathe opened up the possibilities of engraving delicate, intricate lines…
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  Dutch wine glass – a secret love token

  The engraved decoration on this wine glass suggests that it was intended for proposing toasts at special…

Collections

• Collection

  Opera

  Ranging from costumes and accessories to set designs, engravings, photographs and sheet music, objects…
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  Collection

  William Henry Fox Talbot

  Later, he pioneered photographic engraving – printing photographs in ink.…

Objects

Beechwoods

1989

The Millennium Ark

Great Britain, ca. 2000

Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg

Nuremberg, 1523

Illustrations of British Ornithology Vol.II Water Birds

1834

The Farnese Hercules

Netherlands, ca. 1592

From the Blog

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  Blog Post

  Open call for Artist Fellows with Bow Arts Trust

  Wood engraving from 31 May 1884 depicting 11 scenes of sites owned by the East London Company’s Waterworks…
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  Portuguese royal silver in the Gilbert Collection

  Sixteenth century […] [Lent by] His Majesty the King, Lord Dom Fernando” and an engraving of a bucket…
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  Print of the month

  ‘Moor Claimed’, engraving by Norma Morgan. Museum no.…
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  Museum photography: Now and then

  Soon after, the technology for illustrating books changed from wood engraving to photography, and Cowper…
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  Carpentry in colonial spaces: The Viceroyalty of Peru

  Engraving, 38 × 53 cm, Biblioteca Nacional de España, MV/26 In their most basic form, the wooden timber…