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Born 1878. Known for: Illustrations-children's stories.
A contemporary of illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, Ethel Betts studied with Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became a very popular illustrator of children's books during "The... Read full biography
A contemporary of illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, Ethel Betts studied with Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became a very popular illustrator of children's books during "The Golden Age of Illustration." . She was the sister of illustrator Anna Whelan Betts, and both girls... Read full biography
A contemporary of illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, Ethel Betts studied with Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became a very popular illustrator of children's books during "The Golden Age of Illustration." . She was the sister of illustrator Anna Whelan Betts, and both girls moved to Wilmington, Delaware to have continued access to the teaching of Howard Pyle who had established a school there. Her work includes Fairy Tales from Grimm, and, The Complete Mother Goose, and... Read full biography
A contemporary of illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, Ethel Betts studied with Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became a very popular illustrator of children's books during "The Golden Age of Illustration." . She was the sister of illustrator Anna Whelan Betts, and both girls moved to Wilmington, Delaware to have continued access to the teaching of Howard Pyle who had established a school there. Her work includes Fairy Tales from Grimm, and, The Complete Mother Goose, and The Six Swans, which won a bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. She also illustrated the 1919 edition of A Little Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett (author of A Secret Garden), Charles Scribner's Sons. Sources: . Walt... Read full biography
A contemporary of illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, Ethel Betts studied with Howard Pyle at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and became a very popular illustrator of children's books during "The Golden Age of Illustration." . She was the sister of illustrator Anna Whelan Betts, and both girls moved to Wilmington, Delaware to have continued access to the teaching of Howard Pyle who had established a school there. Her work includes Fairy Tales from Grimm, and, The Complete Mother Goose, and The Six Swans, which won a bronze medal at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. She also illustrated the 1919 edition of A Little Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett (author of A Secret Garden), Charles Scribner's Sons. Sources: . Walt Reed, The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000. Additional information courtesy of... Read full biography
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