Siamese Cat and Butterfly (Greetings Card)
About this artwork
Miller Parker produced numerous commercial prints featuring Siamese cats, including this one. Her cats were often accompanied by other creatures or plants including birds, butterflies and flowers, revealing the animal's natural sense of curiosity. Many of her prints were based on the countless studies she made of her own pets, though few of these drawings survive today. A further two prints of cats also belong to our collection, including The Challenge, produced in 1934.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Agnes Miller Parker (1895 - 1980) Scottish
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title:Siamese Cat and Butterfly (Greetings Card)
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date created:Printed 1939
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materials:Colour wood engraving on card (folded in two)
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measurements:13.00 x 10.40 cm (image), folded card 18.00 x 14.00 cm (folded out size: 18.00 x 28.00 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1984
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accession number:GMA 3057
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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...
