Wood Engravings III
Wood engravings available for sale are printed from the engraved wood blocks on fine papers and are signed & numbered limited editions. Others are offered as signed artists proofs.
They are typically 9cm x 7cm in size and are not mounted.
Almost 300 were engraved between 1960 and 1989 for Faber & Faber, Oxford University Press, The Folio Society, The Libanus Press and The Limited Editions Club of New York.
A complete catalogue of wood engravings are listed in The Wood Engravings of Richard Shirley Smith 1994.
BEMBO FUNERARY ARMS
From Messer Pietro Mio Libanus Press. Catalogue No. 272
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
PIETRO BEMBO & LUCREZIA BORGIA
From Messer Pietro Mio Libanus Press. Catalogue No. 273-274
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
ARMS OF POPE LEO X
From Messer Pietro Mio. Catalogue No. 276
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
PREFACE
From Messer Pietro Mio. Catalogue No. 277
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
ESTE TOMB
From Messer Pietro Mio. Catalogue No. 278
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
TRIUMPH OF DEATH
From Messer Pietro Mio. Catalogue No. 279
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
LUCREZIA MOURNING
From Messer Pietro Mio. Catalogue No. 280
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
HEART PENDANT
From Messer Pietro Mio. Catalogue No. 281
Copyright ©1985 Richard Shirley Smith
TWO FANTASTICS
Pearwood. Catalogue No. 283
Copyright ©1984 Richard Shirley Smith
BOOKPLATE FOR TESSA KESWICK
Catalogue No. 284
Copyright ©1988 Tessa Keswick
STOURHEAD
A chapter heading for St. Barnabas Press. Catalogue No. 286
Copyright ©1989 St. Barnabus Press
FONTHILL SPLENDENS
A chapter heading for St. Barnabas Press. Catalogue No. 287
Copyright ©1989 St. Barnabus Press