Signed, dated and titled in pencil by the artist.

A rare proof impression of Agnes Miller Parker’s atmospheric and stylised engraving of Sheep Dipping in Wales. The scene shows a flock of sheep in a pen to the left, with three figures grappling sheep in preparation for dipping. In the background the harsh, angular landscape is scattered with small groups of sheep and dogs watching proceedings.

Agnes Miller Parker (1895–1980) was born in Ayrshire, Scotland and studied art at the Glasgow School of Art. She was primarily an illustrator and taught in London during the 1920’s. After marrying she worked at the Gregynog Press with her husband, William McCance, and her former tutors, Gertrude Hermes and Blair Hughes-Stanton. The main body of her work consists of wood-engravings for book illustrations that demonstrate fine draughtsmanship and skilful use of black and white design. She exhibited at the Society of Wood Engravers, of which she was a member and she illustrated books for Gregynog, Golden Cockerel Press and for Limited Editions Club of New York. She illustrated The Fables of Aesop (1931), Through the Woods by H. E. Bates (1936), The Open Air by Richard Jefferies (1949) and her most acclaimed work, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray (1938).

Ex Col: Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley.

Condition: Printed on fine, fragile paper. Some creasing to margins. Printer’s crease to top left corner. Small stain to bottom right.