Broadsides

Occasionally, we print a poem illustrated with wood engravings.

Little Trotty Wagtail

This short poem by John Clare is illustrated with two specially engraved woodblocks. The text was printed using our small Vandercook proof press and the woodblocks on the 1865 Albion handpress. The paper is Zerkall and the sheet measures 25 x 17.5cm. An edition of 100 numbered and signed broadsides were printed and they are still available for sale from my Etsy shop.

The Wren

This small broadside of a poem by John Clare, was printed letterpress on the Vandercook proofing press and the wood engraving of a wren on the larger 1902 Albion. Fifty signed and numbered copies were printed – mainly on Zerkall paper. This edition has now sold out.