Helen Mary Jacobs

Helen Mary Jacobs (1888 – 1970) was an English artist and illustrator known for her work on comic strips for children's annuals, especially fairy art.

She was born 10 October 1888 in Ilford, Essex, the youngest of five children of wharf manager William Jacobs and his second wife Ellen, née Flory.

[1][2] She had four half-siblings by her father’s previous marriage, including short story writer W. W.

[3][1] She grew up in Stoke Newington, London, and studied at the art school of West Ham Municipal College under watercolourist Arthur Legge.

[2] Jacobs contributed watercolour and pen-and-ink drawings and comic strips to children's annuals and periodicals, including The Sunday Fairy (later Bubbles), Playbox, Rainbow, Little Folks, and Joy Street.