Jennetta Vise

• Name — Jennetta Vise • Birth Name — Marjory Jeannetta Blythe Vise • Born — 9 September 1912 • Birthplace — Chichester, England • Died — 26 October 1979 • Occupation — Illustrator • Education — Ecole des Beaux-Arts The Sorbonne • Parents — Toye Vise

Marjory Jeannetta Blythe Vise was born in Chichester to father Reginald Toye Vise, a journalist, and mother Ethel Maude (née Badrick). She had an older sister, Barbara, who became assistant editor at Modern Woman magazine. Vise studied at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Sorbonne. She lived in London until 1975 and was a member of The Women's Press Club. She died at home in Sussex.

After “being discovered” by Margaret Playle, the general editor for the Girl Guide Association (GGA), Vise illustrated the following publications: • The Big Test: The Story of the Girl Guides in the World War by Christian Catherine (1947) • The Girl Guide Annual by Girl Guides Association (1951) • The Brownie Pack: A Handbook for Brownie Guiders by Ailsa Brambleby (1956) • The True Book about Girl Guides by Alix Liddell (1956) • Trefoil Tales by Alix Liddell, Vera Armstrong and Elizabeth Hill (1957) • The Brownies’ Annual by Girl Guides Association (1959, 1962, 1963) • The Golden Bar Book of Brownie Stories by Robert Moss (1961) • Three for Trouble by Ailsa Brambleby (1963) • Three for Pack Holiday by Ailsa Brambleby (1964) • The Brownie Book by Girl Guides Association New Zealand (1965) • The Brownie Book, by Ailsa Brambleby (1965) • The Brownie Guide Handbook by Ailsa Brambleby (1968) • Musical Fun with the Brownie Pack by Hettie Smith (1976)

• Homes & Gardens • Modern Woman • Argosy • Pippin, including contributions to the original Andy Pandy strip • Child Education, including craft articles co-authored by Madeleine Collier

In 1935 she decorated a miniature rocking horse that was presented to British circus owner Bertram Mills by the Royal Veterinary College in recognition of his service to animals.