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Chloë Preston (1887-1969)


Chloë Preston (1887-1969)

Chloë Preston (christened Beatrice Zoë Preston) was born at Moreby Hall, near Bishopsthorpe, Yorkshire, on 4 December 1887. The daughter of a wealthy landowner, she was educated privately at home, and probably developed her own artistic talents, her country house childhood informing much of her subject matter. In 1910, she wrote and illustrated her first book, The Peek-a-Boos, introducing the podgy, saucer-eyed child characters for which she is best known. The book was such a success that her uncle, Bernard Home Thomson took out a registration for the ‘Peek-a-Boo’ trademark for her books and toys (1911) and a design label (1913). During the First World War, she did some hospital work, but still managed to complete fourteen books, many with texts by May Byron.

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