Anne Jope was born in Corfe Mullen, Dorset. Studied painting and printmaking at the Central School of Art & Design in London. Taught wood-engraving by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Made associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in 1979, Fellow 1984. Member of the Society of Wood-Engravers. Illustrated many 20th. cent.books. Exhibited V&A,R.A. Bristol City Art Museum, St Davids Hall Cardiff and National Portrait Gallery, London.