Mr. Raymond Jacberns in A Boy and a Secret .... has hit upon an unusual mystery [wherein] the heir apparent to a European throne should lie concealed...[but] should also be ready to disclose his individuality here and there....The most lovable character in the book,....is Shanks the dog. We observe the modern note of deference to children, and of ascribing importance to their views of things in general.... The illustrations are by Mabel L. Attwell.
Soon Attwell would be illustrating the children's book written by Queen Marie, consort of King Ferdinand of Roumania. That title is Peeping Pansy, (1919) and the Queen was so pleased she invited Attwell to visit the family castle in Bucharest.
Mabel Attwell married the artist Harold Earnshaw in 1908. We quote from a biography of Attwell:
During Attwell’s career, she designed advertisements, posters, calendars, figurines and wall plaques. During the First World War, thousands of her colored postcards were sent to cheer up the troops in the trenches. One of her most famous drawings, ‘Diddums’, was made into a doll, a typically Attwell styled boy doll which was to be found in nurseries around the world. In 1937 and 1938, Princess Margaret commissioned her to do her personal Christmas card. ..... In 1943, she started a comic strip in the London Opinion called “Wot a Life”. Sets of Mabel Lucie Attwell China were used in the Royal Nursery of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and later Prince Charles....
The following is one of the illustrations Mabel Attwell did in 1908 for an edition of Alice. It reminds one of Engelbreit. Her children became more rotund as she herself became a mother.
Her husband died in 1937. In 1945 Attwell moved to Cornwall to live with her son Peter. She died at their home in 1964.
During Attwell’s career, she designed advertisements, posters, calendars, figurines and wall plaques. During the First World War, thousands of her colored postcards were sent to cheer up the troops in the trenches. One of her most famous drawings, ‘Diddums’, was made into a doll, a typically Attwell styled boy doll which was to be found in nurseries around the world. In 1937 and 1938, Princess Margaret commissioned her to do her personal Christmas card. ..... In 1943, she started a comic strip in the London Opinion called “Wot a Life”. Sets of Mabel Lucie Attwell China were used in the Royal Nursery of Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret, and later Prince Charles....
The following is one of the illustrations Mabel Attwell did in 1908 for an edition of Alice. It reminds one of Engelbreit. Her children became more rotund as she herself became a mother.
Her husband died in 1937. In 1945 Attwell moved to Cornwall to live with her son Peter. She died at their home in 1964.
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