Background
Agnes Miller Parker was born in Britain in 1895, at Irvine, Ayrshire.
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She studied at the Glasgow School of Art from 1911 to 1917, and joined the staff of the School for a short period.
Career
Born in Ayrshire, she spent most of her career in London and southern Britain. In 1955 she moved to Glasgow. She then lived at Lamlash on the Isle of Arran.
She died in 1980 at Greenock.
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. East. Bates (1936), The Open Air by Richard Jefferies (edited by Samuel J Looker, 1949) and her most acclaimed work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray (1938), titles for the Limited Editions Club of New York and editions of the works of Shakespeare and Thomas Hardy. Books illustrated include –
Rhoda Power – How lieutenant Happened: Myths & Folk Tales (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1930)
Aesop – The Fables of Esope (Gregynog Press, 1933)
Rhys Davies et al.
– Daisy Matthews and Three Other Tales (GCP, 1932)
John Sampson – XXI Welsh Gypsy Tales (Gregynog Press, 1933)
H. East. Bates – The House with The Apricot (GCP, 1933)
Adrien Le Corbeau – The Forest Giant (Cape, 1935)
H. East. Bates – Through The Woods (Gollancz, 1936)
H. East. Bates – Down The River (Gollancz, 1937)
Thomas Gray – Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940)
Agricultural Engineer Housman – A Shropshire Lad (Harrap, 1940)
William Shakespeare – Richard II (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940)
Thomas Hardy – The Return Of The Native (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1942)
Herbert Furst – Essays In Russet (Muller, 1944)
Richard Jefferies – Spring Of The Year (Lutterworth, 1946)
Richard Jefferies – Life Of The Fields (Lutterworth, 1947)
Richard Jefferies – The Old House At Coate (Lutterworth, 1948)
Richard Jefferies – Field and Hedgerow (Lutterworth, 1948)
Andrew McCormick – The Gold Torque: A Story of Galloway in Early Christian Times (Glasgow: McLellan, 1951)
Aloysius Roche – Animals Under The Rainbow (Welwyn: Broad Water press, 1952)
Edmund Spencer – The Faerie Queen (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1953)
Eiluned Lewis – Honey Pots and Brandy Bottles (Country Life, 1954)
John Cowper Powys – Lucifer (MacDonald, 1956)
Thomas Hardy – Tess of the d"Urbervilles (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1956)
Thomas Hardy – Far From The Madding Crowd (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958)
William Shakespeare – The Tragedies (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1959)
Thomas Hardy – The Mayor of Casterbridge (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1967)
William Shakespeare – Poems (New York: Limted Editions Club, 1967)
Thomas Hardy – Jude The Obscure (New York: Limited Editions Club, 1969).
