Helen Hoppner Coode

Helen Hoppner Coode (c. 1831 - 1915) was an English illustrator, watercolourist and short story writer.

[1] Coode contributed nineteen drawings to Punch Magazine and is recognised as its first woman contributor.

[4] These included illuminated letters or small sketches accompanying articles.

[6] During this time she also contributed illustrations to Once a Week,[7] this included drawings for the poem "Fairy May" written by C. W. Goodhart which was printed in the magazine in 1859.

[8] Coode also had her work exhibited in Manchester, at the British Institution, and at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1882.

Illustration by Helen Hoppner Coode for 'Fairy May' (1859)
Illustration by Helen Hoppner Coode for 'Little Rogue!' (1860)