Born in Surrey, England, in 1871, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1871–1945) was a well-respected illustrator and painter of her day. In 1896, she created a lunette titled “Spring,” which was used in the Royal Academy Dining Room. In 1902, she had the honor of becoming the first female member of the Institute of Painters in Oils. She illustrated many books, including “Poems by Tennyson,” and “Story of St. Elizabeth of Hungary” by W.M. Canton, and “A Diary of an 18th Century Garden,” by Dion Clayton Calthrop, to name a few. In 1919, “Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale’s Golden Book of Famous Women” was published by Hodder & Stoughton, which was a compilation of stories about some of the most famous women in history and legend, as written by some of the most famous authors in history, such as William Shakespeare, Lord Tennyson, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, and John Keats among others. Although this book …