Mary Tourtel (January 28 1874, Canterbury - March 15 1948, Canterbury) was an English artist and creator of Rupert Bear. She was born as Mary Caldwell and raised in an artistic family. She grew up studying art, in particular animal drawings. She became a children's illustrator, through which she met and eventually married the editor of "The Daily Express" newspaper, Herbert Tourtel. Wikipedia
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