Edmund Evans
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Edmund Evans was an English wood-engraver and colour printer during the Victorian era. He specialized in full-colour printing, a technique which, in part because of his work, became popular in the mid
Illustration from "The House that Jack Built" in The Complete Collection of Pictures & Songs; engraving and printing by Edmund Evans, illustration by Randolph Caldecott (1887)
This 1853 title page for the Illustrated London Almanac is an example of Evans' engraving work. The illustration is designed by Myles Birket Foster.
"Death of the Kingmaker" from Chronicle of England, colour wood-engraving by Evans, illustration by James Doyle (1864). Evans used as many as ten colour blocks for the 80 prints in the volume.
In Fairyland, a Series of Pictures from the Elf-World engraving, illustrated by Richard Doyle, coloured and printed in 1870 by Evans.
Chromoxylography
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Chromoxylography was a colour woodblock printing process, popular from the mid-19th to the early-20th century, commonly used to produce illustrations in children's books, serial pulp magazines, and co
Walter Crane's Absurd ABC double-spread with deep black background
1896 children's magazine cover showing thicker hatchings. The colour register slipped causing the print to blur.