The Essentials of Illustration / A Practical Guide to the Reproduction of Drawings & Photographs for the Use of Scientists & Others

by Thomas George Hill

RELIEF PRINTING

Little maid, little maid, Whither goest thou? Down in the meadow To milk my cow.

Fig. 1.—A wood engraving, by Edmund Evans, from
the original drawing by Kate Greenaway.

Reproduced by permission of the publishers, Fredk. Warne & Co.

RELIEF PRINTING

I N order that illustrations may be incorporated in the text, the blocks used must be in relief the same as the type; a mixture of intaglio and relief is impossible, for the whole surface must be level in order to be inked by the rollers, which deposit the pigment evenly, so that only one tone of colour—that of the ink—is possible.

Up to quite recent times wood cuts and engravings were the only means available for text-illustrations, so that this method may next be considered.*