Gwendolen Mary Raverat, granddaughter of Charles Darwin, was mainly self-taught as a wood-engraver.She studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, c.1908-10 and married fellow artist, Jacques Raverat in 1911. Her earliest wood-engraving for book illustration began in 1915 and she continued to work in this medium until 1951 when a stroke forced her to give up but she painted until the end of her life. She was elected ARE; (1920);RE; (1934);and was a founder member of the SWE in 1920. Exhibited NEAC;RE;SWE; and many art galleries and museums. Ref; Peppin; Horne:Garton, British Print Makers.