Agnes Miller Parker

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Agnes Miller Parker (1895 - 1980) was a Scottish engraver and illustrator.

Parker, Agnes Miller (1895-1980), Scottish engraver Born Irvine and studied at Glasgow School of Art 1911-1917 joining the staff for a short period. Married the painter William McCance in 1918 and lived in England most of her life returning to Glasgow in 1955. Halsby and Harris, in The Dictionary of Scottish Painters (1990) suggest that her early painting, as well as those of her husband, reflect the short-lived group of artists known as Vorticists, active in London in the 1920s. The main body of her work consists of wood engravings for book illustrations. Halsby and Harris characterize these as demonstrating fine draughtsmanship and skilful use of black and white design. She illustrated The Fables of Aesop (1931), Through the Woods by H.E. Bates (1936), titles for the Limited Editions Club of New York and editions of the works of Shakespeare and Hardy. Lived at Lamlash on Arran and died at Greenock. Source: Halsby, Julian, and Harris, Paul, The Dictionary of Scottish Painters, 1600-1960, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1990.