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
Ralph Thompson (illustrator) stories mostly for children and young adults, as well as commissioned animal posters and drawings. Thompson also illustrated picture books like "Chess Dream in a Garden" by Rosemary Sutcliff. He was the author of three books on animal illustration. Reader's Digest issued a sketchbook of Thompson in 1970 titled "Animals Through the Eyes of an Artist". An exhibition of his works was part of the 2009 Cookham Festival. Ralph Thompson (illustrator) Ralph Thompson (3 June 1913 – 3 May 2009) was a British artist and book illustrator, who specialized in pen and ink sketches of animal subjects. His most noteworthy