The Mail Coach
Elizabeth Jamieson

approx. exposed area of image inside frame
4in h x 6in w
wood block on paper

£120 framed

Item number 644

An 18th century gentleman rests by a tree as the horses are changed on the stage coach in front of a coaching Inn

A very splendid woodblock of an 18th century scene. The technique of woodblock printing involves the image being cut in reverse. You therefore work from dark to light, and the level of inking of the finished block corresponds to the depth of colour on the pulled impression.

This woodcut was produce as an illustration to a book