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Jessie M. King

<p><b>Jessie Marion King</b> (20 March 1875 – 3 August 1949) was a Scottish <a href="/en/Illustrator" title="Illustrator" class="wl">illustrator</a> known for her illustrated children's books.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> She also designed bookplates, jewellery and fabric, and painted pottery. King was one of the artists known as the <a href="/en/Glasgow_School" title="Glasgow School" class="wl">Glasgow Girls</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:0_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> She was described in 1927 in the <i><a href="/en/Aberdeen_Press_and_Journal" title="Aberdeen Press and Journal" class="mw-redirect wl">Aberdeen Press and Journal</a></i> as "the pioneer of <a href="/en/Batik" title="Batik" class="wl">batik</a> in Great Britain".<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-APJ_1927_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-APJ_1927-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Jessie Marion King, Born, Died, Nationality, ...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox biography vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn" style="display:inline">Jessie Marion King</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Jessie_Marion_King.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Jessie_Marion_King.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Jessie_Marion_King.jpg/220px-Jessie_Marion_King.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="325" data-file-type="bitmap" height="322" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Jessie_Marion_King.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Jessie_Marion_King.jpg 2x" alt="Jessie_Marion_King.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Jessie Marion King</div><br><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1875-03-20</span>)</span>20 March 1875<br><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/en/Bearsden" title="Bearsden" class="wl">Bearsden</a>, Scotland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">3 August 1949<span style="display:none">(1949-08-03)</span> (aged<span>&nbsp;</span>74)<br><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/en/Kirkcudbright" title="Kirkcudbright" class="wl">Kirkcudbright</a>, Scotland</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Scotland" title="Scotland" class="wl">Scottish</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Glasgow_School_of_Art" title="Glasgow School of Art" class="wl">Glasgow School of Art</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known<span>&nbsp;</span>for</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Illustration" title="Illustration" class="wl">Illustration</a>, <a href="/en/Design" title="Design" class="wl">Design</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Movement</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Art_Nouveau" title="Art Nouveau" class="wl">Art Nouveau</a>, <a href="/en/Glasgow_Style" title="Glasgow Style" class="mw-redirect wl">Glasgow Style</a>, <a href="/en/Symbolism_(arts)" title="Symbolism (arts)" class="wl">Symbolism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/E._A._Taylor" title="E. A. Taylor" class="wl">E. A. Taylor</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



Jessie Marion King was a Scottish illustrator known for her illustrated children's books. 