Mary Schofield papers, 1862-1992

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943

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Beatrix Potter was born July 28 (or 6 according to some sources), 1866 in London, England; she died December 22, 1943 in Sawrey, England. She was the daughter of a barrister. In 1913, she married William Heelis, a lawyer. Ms. Potter was tutored by governesses, except for some brief private instruction, she was self taught in art. Ms. Potter was an author and illustrator of books for children, later a sheep farmer in the Lake District and a conservationist. Her first book, Tale Of Peter Rabbit, w...

Crane, Walter, 1845-1915

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Walter Crane was born in Liverpool on 15 Aug 1845, second son of the portrait painter Thomas Crane and his wife Marie née Kearsley. The family moved first to Torquay, and in 1857 to London. From 1859-62 Crane was apprenticed to the wood engraver William James Linton, although he studied painting at the same time. In 1862 his painting 'The Lady of Shalott' was accepted by the Royal Academy. By the mid-1860s, Crane was illustrating children's books including coloured picture books desi...

Ludbrook, Susan

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Tudor, Tasha

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Tasha Tudor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 28, 1915. She was an American illustrator and the author of several children's books. Throughout her lifetime she illustrated nearly one hundred books with the last one being released in 2003. Tasha Tudor died June 18, 2008. From the guide to the Tasha Tudor illustration, undated, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Tasha Tudor was born in Boston, Massachusetts August 28, 1915. She was an American illustrator and the au...

Schofield, Mary L.

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