The project examines the first two editions of Chambers's Encyclopaedia, focusing particularly on their illustrations, the woodblocks that were made to produce them and the image-making and publishing environment in which the Chambers firm operated in the 19th century.

You can explore the woodblocks in more detail in our collections search here.

Above: Woodblocks from the entire range of W. & R. Chambers Collection being selected for display in the Discoveries Galleries. Photo by Rose Roberto.