Mary (wife of William of Orange)

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Artist/Maker	Rodger (artist)
Place of origin	Scotland (made)

Willie Rodger (1930-2018) was one of Scotland’s pre-eminent printmakers. He was born in Kirkintilloch and studied Graphics and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art from 1948 – 1953. He worked for a period in commercial advertising in London before returning to Scotland to teach art. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1989. He worked mostly in lino-cut and woodcut, but also produced a number of screenprints, notably for the images which were reproduced on a set of Scottish Historical Playing Cards, issued in 1975

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Categories	Prints Portraits Playing Cards & Tarot Cards
Object type	print
Titles	Mary (wife of William of Orange) (assigned by artist) Scottish Historical Playing Cards (series title)
Materials and techniques	Screenprint on paper Ink Paper Screenprint
Brief description	Willie Rodger: Mary (wife of William of Orange) (designed for the set of Scottish Historical Playing Cards, issued 1975), screenprint, 1975
Dimensions	Sheet height: 40.5cm Sheet width: 30.4cm
Copy number	99/100
Marks and inscriptions	Mary, wife of Wm of Orange 99/100 Willie Rodger 75
Credit line	Given by the Rodger family
Subject depicted	Mary II, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, Princess of Orange
Summary	Willie Rodger (1930-2018) was one of Scotland’s pre-eminent printmakers. He was born in Kirkintilloch and studied Graphics and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art from 1948 – 1953. He worked for a period in commercial advertising in London before returning to Scotland to teach art. He was elected to the Royal Scottish Academy in 1989. He worked mostly in lino-cut and woodcut, but also produced a number of screenprints, notably for the images which were reproduced on a set of Scottish Historical Playing Cards, issued in 1975
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.223-2020

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Record created	February 11, 2020
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1530588/mary-wife-of-william-of-print-rodger/

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