Cicely Englefield

Cicely Englefield (29 June 1893–1970) was a British artist known for writing and illustrating children's books.

Biography Englefield was born in the Lee area of south London where her father was a solicitor and County Court Register. After attending Maidstone Grammar School and Blackheath High School, she studied at the St Martin's School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. After producing illustrations for children's annuals she began to illustrate her own children's books which were often about animal characters and natural history subjects. Throughout her career, Englefield often used wood engraving techniques and also created illustrations in watercolour, lithography and pen and ink drawings. She died at Poole, Dorset.

Published works George and Angela, 1932 Katie the Caterpiller, 1933 Billy Winks, 1934 The Tale of a Guinea Pig, 1935 A House for a Mouse, 1936 Squishy Apples, 1937 Bennie Black Lamb, 1938 Connie the Cow, 1939 Jeremy Jack, the Lazy Hare, 1940 Bert the Sparrow, 1941 Monty the Frog, 1941 Feather the Foal, 1942 The Tale of a Tadpole, 1945 In Field and Hedgerow, 1948 Scruffy the Little Black Hen, 1948 Stories of an Old Grey Wall, 1958.