Wood engraving

A printmaking method distinct from woodcut in that the line is incised into the woodblock, rather than the background being cut away to leave a line in relief

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Wood engraving is a relief form of printmaking. It is usually done on the end grain of a block of boxwood, which is very hard, and so extremely fine detail is possible.

It became widely used in the nineteenth century as a method of reproducing pictures in books, newspapers and journals before the invention of photo-mechanical methods of reproduction, but was also occasionally used by artists, such as Edward Calvert, as an original printmaking medium.

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Woodcut

A method of relief printing from a block of wood cut along the grain
Intaglio

Intaglio describes any printmaking technique in which the image is produced by incising into the printing plate – the incised line or area holds the ink and creates the image
Print

A print is an impression made by any method involving transfer from one surface to another
Engraving

Engraving is a printmaking technique that involves making incisions into a metal plate which retain the ink and form the printed image