Edmund Evans
British wood engraver and printer (1826-1905) · Artists · Died at 79
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Something wrong?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-19th century.
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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.
Evans print from The Art Album (1861), showing the technique of reproducing a watercolour painting
"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.
From Sing a Song of Sixpence showing a simplified line plus three colours scheme, printed in 1864. The woman's dress shows some colour blending achieved with hatching, and the laundry poles are a blend of red and blue.Artists born in the 1820s 6
About this person
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-19th century. He employed and collaborated with illustrators such as Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway and Richard Doyle to produce what are now considered to be classic children's books. Little is known about his life, although he wrote a short autobiography before his death in 1905 in which he described his life as a printer in Victorian London.
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