In the year 1960, he left for Japan to study the technique of wood engraving.
He was very much at the centre of developments in wood engraving.
He completed the wood engravings, but Hall did not complete the text.
However, its original illustrations were limited to small black and white wood engravings.
Recently, lasers have begun to be used for wood engraving.
In Paris he painted much and also tried his hand successfully at wood engraving.
In 1920 he exhibited three wood engravings at the opening exhibition of the Society.
Each volume includes scores of wood engravings by various artists.
An important source at this time was German wood engravings and etchings.
Being especially skilled in wood engraving, he soon caught the public eye through his engravings for books.