Sarah Gillespie – Mezzotint of an Eye. Mezzotint, 2022, 15.7 cm x 20.7 cm. Gifted 2023
Sarah Gillespie & Amy-Jane Blackhall
Enter the National Portrait Gallery – Permanent Collection
Artists Sarah Gillespie, Amy-Jane Blackhall, Tristan Reid and Paul Kirkup were commissioned by Paul Cox, curator of the Reference Collection at the National Portrait Gallery, to contribute works on the theme of the ‘Process’.
Their contributions, (including Mezzontint of an Eye by Sarah Gillespie, pictured) have been acquired for the Permanent Collection of the National Portrait Gallery. They are currently on permanent display in Gallery 11 of the National Portrait Gallery and online as part of the National Portrait Gallery’s educational programme.
In a lovely addition to this story, the contributors, printmakers Amy-Jane Blackhall and Paul Kirkup both worked as printmakers at 107 Workshop, Melksham, with the late master printer Jack Shirreff.
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Sarah Gillespie will present a new exhibition with Rabley Gallery from June 1st, 2024.
View available works by Sarah Gillespie
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Amy-Jane Blackhall is one of Rabley Gallery’s feature artists at the upcoming Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Detail of Sarah Gillespie’s original copper Mezzotint plate and tools for her recent commission for the National Portrait Gallery.
Opening Night of Making an Impression: Prints in Room 11, National Portrait Gallery. Featuring Sarah Gillespie, Amy-Jane Blackhall, Paul Kirkup & Tristan Reid.
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“The new galleries are stunning and it is a great honour to have been able to help them in this way.” – Sarah Gillespie
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: Paper 37 x 37cm
Published 2020
Sepia Ink Edition of 10 numbered in Roman numerals. Aside from the main edition of 20A beautiful new hardback publication to coincide with Sarah Gillespie’s exhibition 'Birded and Eyed'. The book is bound in red buckram with foreword by Katharine Martin, curator at the V&A, essays and field notes by Sarah Gillespie.
Mezzotint, Printed on Moulin dú Gue, 35 x 28 cm, Edition 30, Published 2024
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 7.50 x 23 cm (2.95 x 9.06 ins)
Paper Size: 11 x 22.5 cm
Edition of 20
Published 2019
2023
Photopolymer Gravure
Plate size 16 x 9cm, Paper size 25.5 x 18cm
Kozo paper
Edition 25
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: Paper 24 x 19.5cm
Edition of 20
Published 2020
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 40 x 40 cms (15.75 x 15.75 ins)
Edition of 30
Published 2019
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: Paper 57 x 57cm
Edition of 20
Published 2019
Mezzotint, Printed bleed edged on Arches Moulin du Gué, Size: 49.5 x 74 cm, Edition 30, Published 2022
Mezzotint, Paper size 43 x 43cm, Printed to the edge on Arches Moulin du Gue paper, Edition 20, Published 2023
Mezzotint, Plate 20 x 14.5cm, Edition 25, Published 2026, Unframed
Medium: Mezzotint
Size: 30 x 30 cms (11.81 x 11.81 ins)
Edition of 15
Published 2020
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Rabley Gallery News
London Original Print Fair 2026
14–17 May 2026, Rabley Gallery at The London Original Print Fair Featuring new Contemporary fine art prints in small editions. Artists include Eileen Cooper, Paul Furneaux, Sarah Gillespie, Katherine Jones, Peter Randall-Page, Rebecca Salter and Emma Stibbon.
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Exhibition: Sara Lee – Chalk Lines – Drawings from the South Downs
April 24 – May 3 2026. Sara Lee 'Chalk Lines'. Lee's awarded solo exhibition is touring from Petersfield Museum to 155A in London with Rabley Gallery.
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Sarah Gillespie - Scalloped Oak
Sarah Gillespie - Wounded Tiger


