Florence Kingsford Cockerell

Lady
Florence Kingsford Cockerell
Born(1871-05-25)25 May 1871
Canterbury, Kent, England
Died18 September 1949(1949-09-18) (aged 78)
Alma materCentral School of Arts and Crafts
OccupationsIllustrator and calligrapher
EmployerAshendene Press
MovementArts and Crafts
SpouseSydney Cockerell (m. 1907)
Children3, including Christopher Cockerell
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Florence Kate Kingsford, Lady Cockerell (25 May 1871 – 18 September 1949), known variously as Florence Kingsford and Kate Cockerell, was a British illustrator and calligrapher who specialized in creating illuminated manuscripts. She worked with the Ashendene Press, the writer Olive Schreiner, and the archaeologist Flinders Petrie, among others. She is considered a leading illuminator of the British Arts and Crafts movement, with one authority holding that her originality as an illuminator was greater even than that of William Morris. She also designed some sets and costumes for opera and ballet.