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Margaret Pilkington

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She spent a great deal of time with her sister Dorothy, neither of whom married. She was always worried about the disparity between her wealth and the economic distress that she saw around her. Much of her life, and money, was devoted to charitable works in the Manchester area. One lasting legacy
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She produced some 110 wood engravings, 41 of which were for the four books that she illustrated, three written by her father, Lawrence Pilkington, the last by a friend. In 1924 she produced 15 wood engravings for a book of poetry by her father,
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Pilkington's output is quite limited when compared to many of her contemporaries, and her importance lies not in her production or artistic merit, but in her encouragement to and patronage of her fellow practitioners. She was Secretary of the
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from 1924 and revived the moribund society in 1949. She was chairman from 1952 to 1967. She bought regularly at the annual exhibitions of the society and donated the wood engravings to the Whitworth.
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Her generous outlook on human affairs, her wide knowledge and discriminating taste, were reflected in every part of the museum (the Whitworth) which she made so much her own
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From early in her life she promoted a number of social projects, girls' clubs, a Pioneer Club for professional girls and women, and, most notably, the Red Rose Guild.
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In 1920 she organised an exhibition for designer craftsmen in Manchester and from this the guild developed. Early members and exhibitors included
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Her work is represented in several national collections, including the Central School and the Whitworth.
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and Miss Pilkington are among the other women artists who practise wood engraving with zeal and success.
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Modern British Woodcuts and Wood-engravings in the Collection of the Whitworth Art Gallery
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were prominent in those very early years of the wood engraving revival, as members of the
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who was active at the beginning of the twentieth century. She was a pupil of
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Joanna Selborne, ‘The Society of Wood Engravers: the early years’ in
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in 1943 in memory of their parents; they presented the woods to the
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Pilkington was born into a wealthy family, the Pilkingtons of the
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In 1925 she was invited to become a member of the Council of the
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In 1919 Malcolm Salaman included her wood engravings in his
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Wood engravings by Pilkington held at the Central School
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and an enthusiast for the new style of wood engravings.
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anthology. In 1922 she contributed a wood engraving to
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In 1926 she engraved the frontispiece for 293:by her childhood friend Katharine Chorley. 566: 552: 475:(Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, 1962). 339: 337: 467: 465: 182: 514:Professional and academic associations 334: 263:, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the 217:lies in the purchase by the sisters of 163:where she was taught wood engraving by 1251:Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art 1223: 402: 400: 384: 916:Prof. Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster 547: 462: 285:and in 1928 another frontispiece for 1004:Prof. Donald Stephen Lowell Cardwell 397: 347:(1988), published by Combined Arts. 155:. In 1913 she went to study at the 13: 1241:20th-century British women artists 374:The archives of the Red Rose Guild 228: 14: 1292: 491: 18:Margaret Pilkington (Girl Guides) 1208: 1196: 1184: 1157: 1156: 877:Prof. Sir William Lawrence Bragg 279:An Alpine Valley and other poems 169:Central School of Art and Design 125:Central School of Art and Design 81:Central School of Art and Design 1144:Who's Who of Greater Manchester 853:Prof. Sir Henry Alexander Miers 478: 429:Modern Woodcuts and Lithographs 933:Sir Peter Percy F. R. Venables 848:Prof. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith 813:Prof. Sir William Boyd Dawkins 451: 438: 421: 410:(Buxton, Hermit Press, 1995), 378: 367: 364:(Oxford, Guise Society, 1984). 350: 175:to study wood engraving under 23:British printmaker (1891–1974) 1: 869:Rev. Aloysius Laurence Cortie 446:Contemporary English Woodcuts 408:Margaret Pilkington 1891-1974 327: 253:Contemporary English Woodcuts 167:. In 1914 she went on to the 142: 971:Anthony Edmund Rivers Goulty 929:Prof. Sir Geoffrey Jefferson 901:Prof. Douglas Rayner Hartree 893:Prof. Reginald William James 832:Prof. Frederick Ernest Weiss 747:Robert Dukinfield Darbishire 393:. Birmingham, UK. p. 8. 7: 742:William Crawford Williamson 299: 196:Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie 10: 1297: 1052:Prof. Sir Netar P. Mallick 1048:Prof. Kenneth M. Letherman 992:Prof. Sir Netar P. Mallick 975:Prof. Henry Solomon Lipson 943:Prof. Henry Solomon Lipson 921:Dr Eric John Francis James 498:Margaret Pilkington Papers 448:(London, Duckworth, 1922). 318:Victoria and Albert Museum 15: 1152: 1129: 1093: 1074: 1023: 1013:Prof. Alexander Donnachie 906:Prof. Herbert John Fleure 885:Prof. Bernard Mouat Jones 840:Prof. Sydney John Hickson 797: 768:Prof. Sir Arthur Schuster 613: 590: 583: 534: 524: 518: 513: 387:"A Midland woman's diary" 385:E.S.F. 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Index

Margaret Pilkington (Girl Guides)
OBE
British
Slade School of Fine Art
Central School of Art and Design
Wood engraving
OBE
wood-engraver
Noel Rooke
Central School of Art and Design
Society of Wood Engravers
Red Rose Guild
OBE
Pilkington Glassworks
Pilkington Tile Company
Slade School of Fine Art
London
Lucien Pissarro
Central School of Art and Design
London
Noel Rooke
Ethel Mairet
Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie
Bernard Leach
Muriel Bell
Whitworth Art Gallery
Alderley Woods
National Trust
Noel Rooke's
Central School

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