Mabel Lucie Attwell Mabel Lucie Attwell Mabel Lucie Attwell (4 June 1879 – 5 November 1964) was a British illustrator and comics artist. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy. Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters, books and figurines. Attwell was born in Mile End, London, 4 June 1879, the sixth child of butcher Augustus Attwell and his wife Emily Ann. She was educated privately and at the Coopers' Company School and at the Regent Street school. She studied at Heatherley's and Saint Martin's School of Art, and but left to develop
Margaret Gordon (illustrator) Margaret Gordon (illustrator) Margaret Anna Gordon (19 May 1939 – 31 December 1989), born Margaret Anna Eastoe, was a children's book illustrator, best known for depicting The Wombles in Elisabeth Beresford's books. Born on 19 May 1939 to musician parents, Eastoe (who was known professionally after 1964 by her husband John Gordon's surname) studied at St Martin's School of Art, Camberwell College of Arts, and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. She then became a part-time teacher, but continued to paint, exhibiting her first work in 1965. She illustrated a number of books for Macmillan, including George MacBeth's "Noah's