Surname: Taylor Forename(s): Mabel Francis b. 1866. d. 1947. Nationality: English.
Children’s books illustrator and cartoonist. Born in Kingswood, Surrey. Started the
comic The Little Sparrowkins (1905) and illustrated Jungle Jinks, which remained the longest-running British comic series until it ended in 1954.
Biographical information: Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers, and Editors, (London: The British Library Publishing Division, 1998), p. 161. (NM)