Miriam Macgregor: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Correct spelling of Guildford
add cite
 
Line 11: Line 11:
}}
}}


'''Miriam Macgregor''' (born 1935) is a British author, illustrator, [[wood engraver]], and fine press [[Compositor (typesetting)|compositor]]. Born in [[Shillong]], Assam, Macgregor was educated at the [[Guildford School of Art]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=An engraver's globe : wood engraving world-wide in the twenty-first century|author=Brett, Simon|others=Smith Settle (Firm)|year=2002|isbn=978-1901648126|location=London|pages=253|oclc=49970258}}</ref> She began her professional career in the art department of the publisher [[B. T. Batsford]], before becoming a freelance artist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Engraved gardens|last=Jones|first=Cordelia|publisher=Silent Books|year=1989|isbn=978-1851830169|location=Cambridge|pages=56|oclc=39977322}}</ref> In 1977, she began to work for the fine press publisher, Whittington Press.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Crafted in britain: the survival of britain's traditional industries.|last=Burton|first=Anthony|date=2017|publisher=Adlard Coles Nautical|isbn=9781472922830|location=Place of publication not identified|pages=195|language=en|oclc=948336331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macgregor|first=Miriam|date=2003|title=The forgotten pleasures of hand-setting|journal=Matrix|volume=12|pages=n.p|via=ARTbibliographies Modern}}</ref> At the time, all type was set by hand.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/417661764|title=Illustrated fine printing: Whittington & Matrix in America.|last1=Randle|first1=John|last2=Macgregor|first2=Miriam|last3=Henry|first3=Barbara|last4=Whittington Press|last5=Center for Book Arts (New York|first5=N.Y.)|last6=Museum of Printing History (Houston|first6=Tex.)|date=2008|publisher=Center for Book Arts|location=New York|pages=10|language=en|oclc=417661764}}</ref> She still works at the Whittington Press as a compositor and illustrator. She has created images for other [[fine press]] publishers, including the [[Folio Society]]<ref name=":2" /> and Primrose Hill Press. Macgregor is a self-taught [[wood engraver]]<ref name=":0" /> and member of the [[Society of Wood Engravers]] and [[Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers]]. She has furnished wood engravings for the horticultural journal, ''Hortus'', in addition to countless wood engravings and [[pochoir]] illustrations for books and posters published by the Whittington Press.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to the texts she has illustrated, her subjects primarily concern English rural life, farming, architecture, botany, and felines.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Campbell|first=Nancy|date=June 2012|title=Sweeping statement|journal=Printmaking Today|volume=21|issue=2|pages=33|issn=0960-9253|via=ARTbibliographies Modern}}</ref> Macgregor has published several collections of her own images, and curated a collection of contemporary wood engravings of cats, published by Primrose Hill Press in 1999 as ''Cat cuts''.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
'''Miriam Macgregor''' (born 1935) is a British author, illustrator, [[wood engraver]], and fine press [[Compositor (typesetting)|compositor]]. Born in [[Shillong]], Assam, Macgregor was educated at the [[Guildford School of Art]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=An engraver's globe : wood engraving world-wide in the twenty-first century|author=Brett, Simon|others=Smith Settle (Firm)|year=2002|isbn=978-1901648126|location=London|pages=253|oclc=49970258}}</ref> She began her professional career in the art department of the publisher [[B. T. Batsford]], before becoming a freelance artist.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Engraved gardens|last=Jones|first=Cordelia|publisher=Silent Books|year=1989|isbn=978-1851830169|location=Cambridge|pages=56|oclc=39977322}}</ref> In 1977, she began to work for the fine press publisher, Whittington Press.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Crafted in britain: the survival of britain's traditional industries.|last=Burton|first=Anthony|date=2017|publisher=Adlard Coles Nautical|isbn=9781472922830|location=Place of publication not identified|pages=195|language=en|oclc=948336331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Macgregor|first=Miriam|date=2003|title=The forgotten pleasures of hand-setting|journal=Matrix|volume=12|pages=n.p|via=ARTbibliographies Modern}}</ref> At the time, all type was set by hand.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/417661764|title=Illustrated fine printing: Whittington & Matrix in America.|last1=Randle|first1=John|last2=Macgregor|first2=Miriam|last3=Henry|first3=Barbara|last4=Whittington Press|last5=Center for Book Arts (New York|first5=N.Y.)|last6=Museum of Printing History (Houston|first6=Tex.)|date=2008|publisher=Center for Book Arts|location=New York|pages=10|language=en|oclc=417661764}}</ref> She still works at the Whittington Press as a compositor and illustrator. She has created images for other [[fine press]] publishers, including the [[Folio Society]]<ref name=":2" /> and Primrose Hill Press. Macgregor is a self-taught [[wood engraver]]<ref name=":0" /> and member of the [[Society of Wood Engravers]] and [[Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers]]. She has furnished wood engravings for the horticultural journal, ''Hortus'', in addition to countless wood engravings and [[pochoir]] illustrations for books and posters published by the Whittington Press.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to the texts she has illustrated, her subjects primarily concern English rural life, farming, architecture, botany, and felines.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Campbell|first=Nancy|date=June 2012|title=Sweeping statement|journal=Printmaking Today|volume=21|issue=2|pages=33|issn=0960-9253|via=ARTbibliographies Modern}}</ref> Macgregor has published several collections of her own images, and curated a collection of contemporary wood engravings of cats, published by Primrose Hill Press in 1999 as ''Cat cuts''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cat cuts , 1999 |url=https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:10436349 |website=Yale Center for British Art |publisher=Yale University |access-date=8 March 2024}}</ref>

== Selected titles ==
== Selected titles ==


Latest revision as of 11:12, 8 March 2024

Miriam Macgregor
Born1935
Shillong, Assam, India
NationalityBritish
Alma materGuildford School of Art
Known forWood engraving, illustration

Miriam Macgregor (born 1935) is a British author, illustrator, wood engraver, and fine press compositor. Born in Shillong, Assam, Macgregor was educated at the Guildford School of Art.[1] She began her professional career in the art department of the publisher B. T. Batsford, before becoming a freelance artist.[2] In 1977, she began to work for the fine press publisher, Whittington Press.[3][4] At the time, all type was set by hand.[5] She still works at the Whittington Press as a compositor and illustrator. She has created images for other fine press publishers, including the Folio Society[1] and Primrose Hill Press. Macgregor is a self-taught wood engraver[2] and member of the Society of Wood Engravers and Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. She has furnished wood engravings for the horticultural journal, Hortus, in addition to countless wood engravings and pochoir illustrations for books and posters published by the Whittington Press.[2] In addition to the texts she has illustrated, her subjects primarily concern English rural life, farming, architecture, botany, and felines.[6] Macgregor has published several collections of her own images, and curated a collection of contemporary wood engravings of cats, published by Primrose Hill Press in 1999 as Cat cuts.[7]

Selected titles[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Brett, Simon (2002). An engraver's globe : wood engraving world-wide in the twenty-first century. Smith Settle (Firm). London. p. 253. ISBN 978-1901648126. OCLC 49970258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ a b c Jones, Cordelia (1989). Engraved gardens. Cambridge: Silent Books. p. 56. ISBN 978-1851830169. OCLC 39977322.
  3. ^ Burton, Anthony (2017). Crafted in britain: the survival of britain's traditional industries. Place of publication not identified: Adlard Coles Nautical. p. 195. ISBN 9781472922830. OCLC 948336331.
  4. ^ Macgregor, Miriam (2003). "The forgotten pleasures of hand-setting". Matrix. 12: n.p – via ARTbibliographies Modern.
  5. ^ Randle, John; Macgregor, Miriam; Henry, Barbara; Whittington Press; Center for Book Arts (New York, N.Y.); Museum of Printing History (Houston, Tex.) (2008). Illustrated fine printing: Whittington & Matrix in America. New York: Center for Book Arts. p. 10. OCLC 417661764.
  6. ^ Campbell, Nancy (June 2012). "Sweeping statement". Printmaking Today. 21 (2): 33. ISSN 0960-9253 – via ARTbibliographies Modern.
  7. ^ "Cat cuts , 1999". Yale Center for British Art. Yale University. Retrieved 8 March 2024.

External links[edit]


Stub icon

This article about an engraver, etcher or printmaker from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Miriam_Macgregor&oldid=1212543601"