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Illustrator, painter and writer, born in Simla, East Punjab State, India. Soon after studying at art school in London she completed World War I propaganda posters. She also made her name as a writer of the Doctor Dose books in the 1930s and in World War II wrote humorous articles for The Sketch magazine, reprinted in book form in the 1980s as Henrietta’s War and Henrietta Sees it Through, followed by plays and a West End musical, Kookaburra. She took up oil painting at 70, initially flowers and later pictures of Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Imperial War Museum holds her work. Lived in London.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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