About this artwork
Wood engraving was first developed in the 18th century by the author and illustrator Thomas Bewick and was used extensively in book illustration until the advent of commercial lithography around the mid-19th century. In the early 20th century it was taken up by artists and illustrators working within the small press revival. Parker worked for Gregynog Press, alongside her then husband William McCance, in the 1930s but produced this early virtuoso piece as a stand-alone print. This print won the Brewster prize at the first International Exhibition of Engraving and Lithography in Chicago, 1929. The design demonstrates the modernist style Miller Parker shared with her husband William McCance (1894–1970) and contemporaries at the Gregynog Press, Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Agnes Miller Parker (1895 - 1980) Scottish
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title:Sheep Dipping in Wales
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date created:1927
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materials:Wood engraving on paper
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measurements:Image size: 17.60 x 23.00 cm; paper size: 26.30 x 29.20 cm
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credit line:Purchased from Dr Margaret McCance 1996
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accession number:GMA 3935
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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...