Grace Drayton


Grace Drayton was an illustrator of childrens books, fashion pages, and magazine covers. Drayton was a student of the American artist and teacher Robert Henri. Under his tutelage she created the Campbell Soup Kids used in advertisements for Campbells Soup, the syndicated newspaper humor comic strip, Dolly Dimples, as well as the popular Dolly Dingle Paper Dolls which appeared in the womens magazine Pictorial Review. Drayton is considered to be one of the first and most successful female cartoonists. She was a member of The Plastic Club, Philadelphia from 19051909.

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