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Ainslie, Kathleen Newton [1858-1936. UK. Illustrator]
Ainslie, Kathleen Newton [1858-1936. UK. Illustrator]
Kathleen Newton Ainslie was born in Corfe, Somerset, England on 12 April 1858 and was the daughter of a Church of England curate and later vicar. Following his death in 1903 she moved with her mother to Broadstone in Dorset where, although she is not known to have received any formal training as an artist, embarked on a career as an illustrator of children's books, Notable among her books which were the Me and Catherine series which featured wooden peg-type dolls.
She wrote and illustrated about 23 books between 1903 and 1911, all published by Castell Brothers Ltd., London. Ainslie also drew illustrations for postcards and greetings cards, most of which were published by Raphael Tuck.
[For a checklist of publications illustrated by Ainsle see Bailes pp. 32-39]
Ainslie is not known to have exhibited.
She continued to live with her mother in Broadstone, Dorset until the early 1920s. She then moved to Lyme Regis and finally to Parkstone in Dorset. She died in Poole, Dorset on 24 April 1936. Her address at the time of her death was The Shiel, 103 Sandbanks Road, Parkstone, Dorset
She wrote and illustrated about 23 books between 1903 and 1911, all published by Castell Brothers Ltd., London. Ainslie also drew illustrations for postcards and greetings cards, most of which were published by Raphael Tuck.
[For a checklist of publications illustrated by Ainsle see Bailes pp. 32-39]
Ainslie is not known to have exhibited.
She continued to live with her mother in Broadstone, Dorset until the early 1920s. She then moved to Lyme Regis and finally to Parkstone in Dorset. She died in Poole, Dorset on 24 April 1936. Her address at the time of her death was The Shiel, 103 Sandbanks Road, Parkstone, Dorset
Votes for Catharine, Susan and Me by Kathleen Ainslie (London: Castell Brothers Ltd., 1910).
Bibliography
1. Bailes, Susan. ‘Kathleen Ainslie’. Studies in Illustration (Imaginative Book Illustration Society) no. 66, Summer 2017 pp. 20-40
2. Crawford, Elizabeth. Art and Suffrage. A Biographical Dictionary of Suffrage Artists. London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2018
1. Bailes, Susan. ‘Kathleen Ainslie’. Studies in Illustration (Imaginative Book Illustration Society) no. 66, Summer 2017 pp. 20-40
2. Crawford, Elizabeth. Art and Suffrage. A Biographical Dictionary of Suffrage Artists. London: Francis Boutle Publishers, 2018
