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Ethel Fanny Everett (24 September 1877 – 30 August 1951) was an English portrait painter and children’s book illustrator.[2] Together with May Morris and Mary Elizabeth Turner, she was also one of the founding members of the Women’s Guild of Arts, in 1907.[3]
Ethel was born in London, the daughter of James Everett and his wife Fanny, one of at least three children. She was educated at the Mary Datchelor School before going on to study at the Royal Academy Schools,[2] from 1899 to 1904.[4] Ethel exhibited her works including My Treasures, Tiny Tim and Granny and a Dear Little Old Workhouse Woman at the Royal Academy from 1911 until 1936. The Water Babies (1910) and Enid Blyton
English children's writer whose books have been among the world's best-sellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies.‘s Silver and Gold (1927) are among her notable book illustrations.[2]
After retiring from painting in about 1939, Ethel moved to the Essex village of Chrishall, where she lived with her brother.[5] She never married,[6] and died on 30 August 1951 at St James’ Hospital in Saffron Walden.[5]
