Monica Walker
Monica Walker was a writer and illustrator, active in the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s. She is depicted as a shopkeeper in an illustration, High Street, by her fellow student Hilary Stebbing.
Monica Walker
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- Central School of Arts and Crafts
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- illustrator and writer.
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Monica Walker was a writer and illustrator, active in the United Kingdom in the 1940s and 1950s. She was a student at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in the late 1930s. She is depicted as a shopkeeper in an illustration, High Street, by her fellow student Hilary Stebbing.
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Walker worked for a time as a draughtswoman in an aircraft factory. She illustrated children's books, including her own The Educated Pig (Oxford University Press; 1949) and texts by others such as Ditties for the Nursery (Oxford University Press, 1954) by Iona Opie, Trouble for Tembo (Dolphin Books/ University of London Press, 1958) by Lesley Bourne, and Martin's Holiday (Dolphin Books/ University of London Press, 1960) by Enid Wiseman. Her work was featured on the cover of the 1956 Christmas edition of Radio Times. She was photographed by Gay for, and featured in, an article in The Strand Magazine, "Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor", in which she was said to be living with her parents in Surbiton. The University of the Arts London (the successor to the Central School of Arts and Crafts) has three of her works in its collection.
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- 1.University of the Arts London. Monica Walker. Makers A-Z: individuals and organisations.
- 2.Anon. Eight Young Artists in Search of an Editor. The Strand Magazine. 113. 679. 76. July 1947.
- 3.BBC. Advent Calendar Day 4: Telly in the Cover. 4 December 2016.
- 4.National Portrait Gallery. Monica Walker.
- 5.National Portrait Gallery. Checklist of John Gay photographs.
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