Holden, Violet (b. 1873)
Holden, Violet (b. 1873)
English artist and book illustrator. Born 1873; dau. of Arthur Holden (industrialist) and Emma Wearing Holden; sister of Edith Holden (1871–1920), Effie M. Holden (b. 1867), and Evelyn Holden (1877–c. 1969); attended Birmingham Art School.
Together with sister Evelyn Holden, illustrated The Real Princess, a fairy story by Blanche Atkinson (1894), and published a book of nursery rhymes (1895); joined teaching staff of Birmingham Art School (1904); specialized in writing and illumination.
See also Women in World History.
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