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Print and Prejudice: Women Printmakers, 1700 – 1930
This display charts the development of women artists’ remarkable but overlooked engagement with printmaking from the 18th to early 20th centuries – from picturesque landscapes, to intimate portraits and vibrant botanical works.
Display highlights
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Print, by Lady Dorothea Knighton, lithograph, early 19th century. Museum no. E.343-2017. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
Colour woodblock print, by Ethel Kirkpatrick, about 1910, Britain. Museum no. E.4002-1934. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
The Quarrel, woodcut print, by Gwen Raverat, 1909. Museum no. E.1862-1919. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
The Harbour, colour woodblock print, by Ethel Kirkpatrick, about 1917, Britain. Museum no. E.4003-1934. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
Sara Smiling, print, by Mary Cassatt, about 1904. Museum no. CIRC.325-1965. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
Sopewort or Bruisewort, etching, by Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737, London, England. Museum no. E.453-1996. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London -
Toulon Washerwomen, wood engraving, by Clare Leighton, about 1920, Britain. Museum no. CIRC.393-1927. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Background image: The Crinoline, woodcut, by Clare Leighton, 1925, UK. Museum no. E.1088-1927. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London