She was a British artist and art teacher, known in her time as an illustrator of children's books. Much influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, she specialized in painting animals. Holden was made famous by the posthumous publication, in 1977, of her "Nature Notes for 1906" under the title The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. she drowned in the Thames River.
She was a British artist and art teacher, known in her time as an illustrator of children's books. Much influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, she specialized in painting animals. Holden was made famous by the posthumous publication, in 1977, of her "Nature Notes for 1906" under the title The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. she drowned in the Thames River.
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