09: WOMEN ILLUSTRATORS BETWEEN THE WARS
H ELEN J ACO B S Helen Mary Jacobs, BWS (1888-1970) Talented in both draughtsmanship and watercolour painting, Helen Jacobs soon established herself as a children’s illustrator.
Though best known for the precision, energy and imagination of her early fairy subjects, she responded well to a variety of commissions; and, as a primary teacher, she seemed an ideal interpreter of textbooks and primers. For a biography of Helen Jacobs, please refer to The Illustrators, 2007, page 11.
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