Elisabeth Jessie Vellacott (28 January 1905 – 21 May 2002) was an English painter working on figures and narrative landscapes.
[1] Vellacott studied at the Royal College of Art, London, where she was taught by Walter Thomas Monnington before returning to Cambridge to work as a textile maker and set designer.
Amongst other projects she worked with her friend Gwen Raverat on sets and costumes for the University of Cambridge musical society.
She was influenced by Russian icon painting, Indian textiles, Persian miniatures, Chinese and Japanese ceramics.
Her later work on panels were characterised by a thin white wash and pale pastel tones.