About this artwork
Miller Parker engraved eight illustrations for XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales, a collection of Welsh Romani stories recorded and translated by John Sampson (1862–1931). Sampson met the Wood family, a dynasty of Welsh Romani musicians, in the 1890s and spent 30 years studying their language and culture. The book was intended to communicate these stories to new audiences and was published in modern English. Miller Parker mostly depicts her figures in 20th-century dress, avoiding the romantic medieval setting often associated with fairy tales.
Updated February 2024
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artist:Agnes Miller Parker (1895 - 1980) Scottish
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title:The Fairy Bride (for 'XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk-Tales')
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date created:Dated 1933
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materials:Wood engraving on paper (6/25)
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measurements:12.00 x 12.80 cm (paper 15.00 x 16.80 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1949
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accession number:GMA 472
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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...