Barry Moser was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1940. He is an illustrator, printer, painter, printmaker, designer, author, essayist, and teacher. He is best known for his elaborately detailed woodcuts, especially for Alice in Wonderland (1982) and The Holy Bible (1999).

His work, Men of Printing (1976) is the most significant in this collection. In this volume, Moser pairs the obituaries of eight printing craftsman with an original woodcut portrait. Included are William Morris, “Mr. Cobden-Sanderson”, Sir Emery Walker, and Eric Gill.

  • A two page spread with text in black and a horizontal line in the margins
    A spread from Moser’s book ‘Men of Printing’
  • A black and gray portrait of a man in a big hat with a bow tie and beard
    A wood engraved portrait of Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson by Barry Moser
  • A black and gray portrait of an older man with white hair and a white beard and glasses
    A wood-engraved portrait of Emery Walker
  • A profile portrait of a man with a beard and glasses
    A wood-engraved portrait of Eric Gill by Barry Moser
  • Portrait of Morris by Moser showing Morris with a long beard
    A woodcut portrait by Barry Moser