Foxe and Raysyns (for 'The Fables of Esope')
About this artwork
Over a period of three years, Miller Parker created 37 engraved illustrations for the fine art book ‘The Fables of Esope’ including this print. The book was published by Gregynog Press in 1931. Miller Parker’s book illustrations were based on Aesop’s ancient moralistic fables which have been collected and published for centuries. Her illustrations were accompanied by large pictorial initials designed by her husband, the printer William McCance (1894–1970). The artist took inspiration for her illustrations from William Caxton’s ‘The Fables of Aesop’ (1484), the first printed version of Aesop’s fables in English. This print illustrates the fable ‘Foxes and Raysyns’, in which a fox who cannot reach grapes on a vine decides to himself that they are no longer desirable.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Agnes Miller Parker (1895 - 1980) Scottish
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title:Foxe and Raysyns (for 'The Fables of Esope')
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date created:Dated 1931
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materials:Wood engraving on paper (6/12)
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measurements:10.70 x 12.60 cm (paper 26.20 x 20.00 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1949
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accession number:GMA 464
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Agnes Miller Parker
Agnes Miller Parker
Agnes Miller Parker was born in Irvine, Ayrshire and studied at Glasgow School of Art. She later taught at the School before marrying fellow student William McCance. The couple moved to London in 1920. Parker’s work of the 1920s is influenced by the Cubist and Vorticist movements. In the early...
