
Yes, last week’s Crocodile Mystery was a close-up image of a woodblock. This woodblock, in particular:
And in fact, it is the woodblock that was used to print this image:
You can compare this section of the woodblock with the (hand-colored) print that it created:
So what’s going on here? What is this book and why is the woodblock used for one of the illustrations still with it?… Continue Reading