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Artist: Jessie M. King (1875-1949) was a Scottish illustrator. Born into a strict family who disproved of her art as a child, she found solace in the family houskeeper, who become her second mother. She studied at the Glasgow School of Art (1892–1899). She is known for her illustrated children's books. She frequently depicted ethereal "wan haloed knights" and pale ladies draped in stars, influenced by her lifelong belief in fairies.  She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. Jessie was one of the artists known as the Glasgow Girls. She was described in 1927 in the Aberdeen Press and Journal as "the pioneer of batik in Great Britain".

Early Summer Rain 1938