About Alice Bolam Preston
Lived 1888 – 1958 (aged 69–70). Alice Bolam Preston was an American illustrator.
Alice Bolam Preston (1888–1958) was an American artist and children's book illustrator.
Frontispiece by Alice Bolam Preston for The Green Forest Fairy Book by Loretta Ellen Brady (1920).
Biography Preston lived in Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. She is best known for illustrating children's books in the 1910s and 1920s, primarily for Houghton Mifflin. She had a particular affinity for fairy illustrations. With crisp lines and rich colors, her work is stylistically akin to that of Jessie Willcox Smith or Charles Robinson.
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Who was Alice Bolam Preston?
American artist and children's book illustrator
When was Alice Bolam Preston born?
Alice Bolam Preston was born in 1888 in Malden.
When did Alice Bolam Preston die?
Alice Bolam Preston died in 1958.
What was Alice Bolam Preston's occupation?
Alice Bolam Preston was an illustrator.
What nationality was Alice Bolam Preston?
Alice Bolam Preston was American.
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