Now straight forwardly a reference book, Mistresses of the Graphic Arts provides an alternative 'distaff side' history of European and  British printmaking over five centuries. (It was originally published additionally as both a stock and exhibition catalogue.) Following a two-page Introduction to the subject, chronologically  ordered biographical entries for 220 artists are illustrated with 361 prints; each print is reproduced and fully catalogued. Examples in almost all the different printmaking techniques are represented - engravings, etchings, woodcuts, wood engravings, lithographs and linocust; as are most schools and artistic movements. The women artists included span 500 years and are indexed on the inside back cover. A final page lists a further 93 women printmakers who are not included in this catalogue, as I had not found any prints by their hand; 27 of these were subsequently included in the later complementary sequel Unsung Heroines, published 2004. A loose sheet of Addenda & Corrections was also compiled in 2004  when I was preparing Unsung Heroines and is included. The two catalogues in tandem, probably provide the most comprehensive fully illustrated listing of women printmakers available, between them referencing over 400 practitioners.

Mistresses of the graphic arts: Famous & forgotten women printmakers c.1550-c.1950 : a new stock catalogue, autumn 1995

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Mistresses of the graphic arts: Famous & forgotten women printmakers c.1550-c.1950 : a new stock catalogue, autumn 1995