11 Facts About Elinor Darwin

Elinor Mary Darwin was an Irish born illustrator, engraver and portrait painter.

Elinor Darwin's illustrations were included in several of her husband, Bernard Darwin's books for children.

Elinor Darwin married Bernard Darwin on Tuesday, 31 July 1906 at St Luke's Church, Chelsea in London, England.

Elinor Darwin was a golf writer and grandson of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.

Elinor Darwin is buried in St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Downe, Kent; nearby is Down House, the home of the Darwin family.

Elinor Darwin studied at the Slade School of Art in London, earning a scholarship in 1896.

Elinor Darwin appreciated her woodcuts, and asked her to create a logo for the Abbey Theatre.

Elinor Darwin created a pearwood engraving of a romantic image of Queen Maeve with one of her wolfhounds that appeared on the Abbey Theatre programmes beginning in 1904.

Elinor Darwin created the cover for Stephen Gwynn's The Fair Hills of Ireland, which was published in 1906.

Elinor Darwin illustrated some of her husband's books for children, such as the Tale Of Mr Tootleoo, Every Idle Dream, and Mr Tootleoo and Company.

Elinor Darwin painted a portrait of poet and author Aubrey Thomas De Vere when he was 87 years old.