George Mackley was a printmaker, painter and teacher, born in Tonbridge, Kent, where he settled. He studied at Goldsmiths’ Training College, 1918-21, to become a teacher, where he became interested in art. Later while teaching he obtained private tuition in wood engraving from Noel Rooke at Central School of Arts and Crafts, which persuaded him to concentrate on this medium rather than on oils and watercolours, which he had shown at RA. Inspired by the work of Agnes Miller Parker, he concentrated on views of the riverside, his engravings having a crispness and economy of line.  He was a member of Society of Wood Engravers, Royal Society of Painters-Printmakers and Art Workers’ Guild. Published Wood Engraving in 1948, Engraved in Wood in 1968 and Confessions of a Woodpecker, 1981. Victoria & Albert Museum and Ashmolean Museum in Oxford are among many museums holding his work. Blond Fine Art had a show in 1995.