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OTD in 1895 the artist Agnes Parker Miller was born Irvine.

In the 1930s Agnes became well known for her wood-engravings for book illustrations.

Agnes moved to Glasgow in 1955 and lived on Arran for a period of time before dying in 1980.

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2020-03-25

This emotive work by French painter shows two soldiers tending to the dog of the regiment, wounded in battle. This picture was among the artist's most popular works. The critic Sainte-Beuve later remembered engravings of them 'in every shop window'.

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2020-03-25

Going through some works, as they have an amazing collection. https://t.co/5OBbi3yHB7 from Anglesey Abbey is a copy after a 1550 engraving by Heinrich Aldegrever. https://t.co/ZMyEdTYqTK

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2020-03-24

Peace bringing back Abundance
Pierre Viel, Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Prints, Engraving
French, 1787

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2020-03-21

Young botanists and the park: ebook......The young botanists in thirteen dialogues with twelve coloured engravings.......https://t.co/dXOfzheHys

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2020-03-21

There is a deal of softness to Spring eg pussywillow, but these two women artists find a balancing "edge" in these superb wood engravings.

Gertrude Hermes (left) A spring bouquet,
1929
Monica Poole (right) Spring, 1988

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2020-03-20

Happy Spring! 📷Colored engraving, title page of "A Wreath from the Woods of Carolina," Mary Ann Bryan Mason, 1859. Rare Books Collection. Government & Heritage Library. Mary Ann Bryan Mason, 1st woman in NC to have written & illustrated a children's book.

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2020-03-20

View on the Hudson River (Copy after Engraving by Weld and S. Springsguth in Weld, Travels Through the States of North America, 1807), Pavel Svinyin, https://t.co/idpOf7RAzZ (Palette: 🖌🎨

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2020-03-18

Holy Roman axe breaker infantry. One of the cheapest effective CQC weapons of these times were axes, but this armor seems to have been engineered with overhead swings in mind. I've seen an engraving around depicting this Carolingian, but am uncertain as to the origin or validity.

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2020-03-15

One of the joys of looking for one artist's work is accidentally finding another's. It was a delight to find some of Brian Hope-Taylor's wood engravings in this way.

These illustrations are from "The Lake & the Woods", 1951.

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2020-03-13

Paul Fürst, engraving, c. 1721, of a plague doctor of Marseilles (introduced as 'Dr Beaky of Rome'). His nose-case is filled with herbal material to keep off the plague.

Plague doctor outfit from Germany (17th century).

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2020-03-12

Tonight's goodnight image is 'Stooking', a print from a wood engraving by the rather brilliant Clare Leighton, whose 'Four Hedges' has been re-issued by
and contains many of her wood engravings.

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2020-03-07

'Winter. Rooks and Rain'. Gertrude Hermes. Print from a wood engraving. 1950.

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2020-03-07

Candy witch :D
hat like that would be useful if sudden graving for candy

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2020-03-06

First time we are showing his engravings are equisite.
our Collectors show opens Saturday

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2020-03-05

There's no bandwagon we can't jump on!😜😂 This engraving from the King George III topographical collection shows the 'twin peaks' of the Pitons off St Lucia. Known in the 18th C as the 'sugar loaves': https://t.co/xAN8hyY6zl

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2020-02-25

Wood engraving of male Blackbird by Thomas Bewick in his A History of British Birds, 1797 art

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2020-02-23

Turns out is a twitter thing and who am I to resist? This is Siamese Cat and Butterfly printed 1939 by trained and teacher Agnes Miller Parker, purchased by 1984. Colour wood engraving on card. (c) Estate of the Artist

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2020-02-22

On 21 February 1918, the last Carolina parakeet in captivity died at Cincinnati Zoo. The American Ornithologists' Union declared the birds in 1939. This engraving is by Mark Catesby, publ. 1731-43. More about Catesby & his legacy in our blog: https://t.co/COwiZ1d2Dy

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2020-02-22

Traces of a pilgrim. WW2 Halifax Bomber Propeller, GPS Data, Engraving, 24ct Gold Leaf. ✨

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2020-02-19