Yet once more on the Organ play - Tracing for Wood Engraving1860 – 1861 Accession number: 1906P909 Pencil on tracing paper. Width: 134 mm Height: 109 mm InformationSandys used tracings to transfer a finished design onto the woodblock. He would then work up the design on the woodblock, in brush and ink, before passing it to the engraver. This tracing is for an illustration to accompany a translation of a macabre German ballad. Both image and text were published in 'Once a Week' (March 1861, vol. 4, no. 23, p. 350).
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