Woodblock

Description

Woodblock for the entry for Bat, depicting a bat skeleton, captioned "Skeleton of Bat" created to illustrate Chambers's Encyclopaedia First Edition, Volume 1 page 740, c 1860. - one of a collection of woodblocks of illustrations used by W&R Chambers, 1830s -early 20th century

Museum reference

T.2011.56.267

Collection

Industry and Commerce : Communications

Object name

Woodblock

Production information

W. & R. Chambers Ltd, Publisher
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1830s - 1930s

Materials

Wood