Betts, Ethel Franklin (1878–)
Betts, Ethel Franklin (1878–)
American illustrator. Name variations: Ethel Betts Bains. Born 1878; death date unknown; sister of Anna Whelan Betts; studied with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia.
Popular illustrator of children's books during the "Golden Age of Illustration," moved with sister to Wilmington, Delaware, to continue studying with Pyle when he established a school there; books include The Raggedy Man (1907), Fairy Tales from Grimm (1917), The Complete Mother Goose and The Six Swans, which won a bronze medal at Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915).
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