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English artist and illustrator

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Mary 'Betty' Newmarsh Woolcock
BornMary Ladler
1914 (1914)
Hendon, England
Died2004 (aged 89–90)
Coombe, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Known forIllustration

Mary 'Betty' Newmarsh Woolcock, née Ladler, (1914–2004) was an English artist and illustrator, most notable for her illustrations in books written by Enid Blyton.

Life and work

Betty Ladler was born in Hendon, Middlesex in 1914. She joined the Women's Land Army during the second World War. She was a prolific illustrator predominantly of children's books for the publisher Blackie and Son. Most of her life was spent in England but she travelled extensively and drew images taken from her time in the Middle and Far East and the Swiss Alps. Her home was in the village of Coombe, near Wooton under Edge, South Gloucestershire where she died in 2004.

She married John Uglow Woolcock in 1957.

Exhibitions

Ladler exhibited Saloon Bar at the Royal Academy in 1944, Flower Study in 1945 and Flowers in Sunlight in 1947.

Partial bibliography

  • The Sound of Pens (written by Ruth Leaver)
  • Alison and the Witch's Cave (1956) (written by Shelia Stuart)
  • Sally Scatterbrain (1956) (written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce)
  • Blackie's Girl School Story Omnibus (1960)
  • Study Number Six (1957) (written by Nancy Breary)
  • Sally Again (1959) (written by Dorita Fairlie Bruce)
  • Flora at Kilroinn (1956) (written by Mabel Esther Allan (1956)
  • The Secret of the Silver Bottle (1957) (written by Caleb Hawker)
  • Third Holiday Book (1948) (written by Enid Blyton)
  • Tenth Holiday Book (1955) (written by Enid Blyton)
  • Eleventh Holiday Book (1956) (written by Enid Blyton)
  • Enid Blyton's Magazine (1955) (written by Enid Blyton)
  • 'Do My Best' Brownie Book (1960) (written by Freda Collins)
  • The Hand of the Law (1970) (written by Granville Calland Thornley)
  • Morning Light (1957) (written by Stella Mead)
  • Collins Girls' Annual (1958)
  • The Pearl Book of Girl Guide Stories
  • Noel Streatfeild's Ballet Annual (1957) (written by Noel Streatfeild)
  • Polly of Primrose Hill (1956) (written by Kathleen O' Farrell)

References

  1. ^ "Betty Ladler: Profile portrait of a Man, Pencil drawing, signed, 25cm x 16cm. (Mary Betty Ladler,". The Saleroom. 27 February 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-1970 (EP Publishing LTD, 1979)
  3. "Rare Books, Collectible Books & 2nd Hand Books Illustrated By Betty Ladler". Stella Books. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
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