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The Woodcuts -
Images of Fact & Myth

  • Pictures from a block of wood: the history and process of woodcuts

  • From informative to fantastical: the Crockett Almanack woodcuts

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Pictures from a block of wood: the history and process of Woodcuts.

Printing images dates back to a woodcut created in China in the year 868. Printing is basically the process of transferring ink from a prepared surface onto paper or other material. The prepared surface could be a piece of wood, metal or stone. 		graphic of caraved letter M
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From informative to fantastical: the Crockett Almanack woodcuts.

Woodcuts in the Crockett Almanacs provide a visual parallel to the changing nature of the literary entertainment that the almanacs provide. As the stories of Crockett’s life and western adventures became increasingly exaggerated, similar changes became evident in the illustrations. 		Crockett riding the river pulled by large fish

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