Margaret Pilkington (25 November 1891 – 2 August 1974) was a British wood-engraver who was active at the beginning of the twentieth century.
She was a pupil of Noel Rooke at the Central School of Art and Design and was a member of the Society of Wood Engravers[1] and the Red Rose Guild.
In 1913 she went to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, London where she was taught wood engraving by Lucien Pissarro.
Early members and exhibitors included Ethel Mairet, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Bernard Leach and Muriel Bell.
[7] She produced some 110 wood engravings, 41 of which were for the four books that she illustrated, three written by her father, Lawrence Pilkington, the last by a friend.
[9] Pilkington's output is quite limited when compared to many of her contemporaries, and her importance lies not in her production or artistic merit, but in her encouragement to and patronage of her fellow practitioners.