A Newly Cut Print: Scenes from the First Part of Outlaws of the Marsh
Cleveland Museum of Art

A Newly Cut Print: Scenes from the First Part of Outlaws of the Marsh

1796–1820

Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodblock printing in color reached a height in China in the 1600s to 1700s. The prints were executed by means of sets of separate blocks, each carved to print a different color.

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