Alice Donlevy

Alice Heighes Donlevy (7 January 1846 – 1929) was a British-American artist and writer on art, who specialized in wood engraving and illumination.

[1] Born in Manchester, England, 7 January 1846, Donlevy came to the United States in her infancy, after the death of her mother.

Greeley convinced the school's director, Henry Herrick, to allow the 10-year-old girl to begin studying the arts of engraving.

The manual, illustrated with Donlevy's original artwork, encouraged artists working for industry as copyists to learn the arts of design.

Probably the best work of Donlevy was the aid that she personally gave to promote the interests of struggling associations and individual artists through free lectures and free lessons, and also by giving the latter introduction by means of public receptions at which their works were exhibited.