Hilda Cowham

Hilda Gertrude Cowham (1873–1964) was an English illustrator, famous for her work on children's books and ceramic nurseryware.

Hilda Gertrude Cowham
Born1873 (1873)
Died1964 (aged 90–91)
NationalityBritish
EducationWimbledon School of Art, Lambeth School of Art, and the Royal College of Art
Known forIllustration
Spouse(s)Edgar Lander

Life

Hilda Cowham was born in 1873. She was a student at Wimbledon School of Art, Lambeth School of Art, and the Royal College of Art. She was one of the first women illustrators to publish in Punch.[1] Her work was also published in The Sketch, The Graphic and other magazines and periodicals. She illustrated children's books, such as Fiddlesticks (1900), Peter Pickle and his dog Fido (1906), Curly Heads and Long Legs (1914), and Blacklegs and Others (1911). One of her characters, a "bush haired, black stockinged imp with big sash bow and infinitesimal petticoats", became famous as the "Cowham child" and was widely imitated.[2] In the 1930s Cowham designed a number of posters for London Underground.[3]

In the period 1924 to 1935, she and her friend Mabel Lucie Attwell were employed by Shelley Potteries Ltd to provide illustrations for baby's plate and nurseryware.[4]

She was married to Edgar Lander, also an artist;[1] they had one son.[2]

References
  1. Art and Artists, Otago Witness, February 3, 1904
  2. "Baby Wit", Marlborough Express, September 15, 1913
  3. David Bownes (2018). Poster Girls. london transport museum. ISBN 978 1 871829 28 0.
  4. Hilda Cowham brief biography from the London Transport Museum


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