Helen Hoppner Coode
Helen Hoppner Coode | |
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Born | c. 1831 (after 1830, before 1834) Lambeth |
Died | 30 November 1915 Lyme Regis |
Known for | Illustrator, painter, watercolourist, writer |
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Helen Hoppner Coode (c. 1831 - 1915) was an English illustrator, watercolourist and short story writer. She was the first known female contributor to Punch Magazine.
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Biography
[edit]Coode was born in Lambeth, London and was the daughter of a barrister.[1] Coode contributed nineteen drawings to Punch Magazine and is recognised as its first woman contributor.[2][3] Her work first appeared in the magazine in November 1859 and continued through to January 1861.[4] These included illuminated letters or small sketches accompanying articles.[5] She signed her illustrations with a monogram.[6] During this time she also contributed illustrations to Once a Week,[7] this included drawings for the poem "Fairy May" written by C. W. Goodhart which was printed in the magazine in 1859.[6] She was a member of the Society of Female Artists and her work was often included in their exhibitions.[8] Coode also had her work exhibited in Manchester, at the British Institution, and at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1882.[7]
Coode published at least one book, which included the short stories The Strange Story of Eugenia, The Necromancer's Hand and Martin Sans-Tête. These were described in Public Opinion (1885) as 'three highly spiced sensational tales by Miss H. H. Coode'.[9]
Awards
[edit]- Royal Academy Exhibition Prize in 1867[10]
Selected works
[edit]- The Strange Story of Eugenia, The Necromancer’s Hand (1885) [written and illustrated] [11]
- "By Act of Parliament, 6 & 7 Edw. XV., A.D. 2041" in Belgravia Christmas Annual (1893)
- "Fairy May" by Charles Woide Goodhart in Once a Week, Series 1, 1 (1859) [illustrated]
- "Little Rogue!" by Reverend J. Steadman in Once a Week, Series 1, 2 (1860) [illustrated]
References
[edit]- ^ "COODE Helen Hoppner 1834-1915 | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- ^ Spielman, M (1895). The History of 'Punch'. London.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Coode, Helen Hoppner". DIGITAL VICTORIAN PERIODICAL POETRY.
- ^ Van Remoortel, Marianne (2015), Van Remoortel, Marianne (ed.), "The Fine Art of Satire: Florence and Adelaide Claxton and the Magazines", Women, Work and the Victorian Periodical: Living by the Press, Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture, London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp. 92–114, doi:10.1057/9781137435996_6, ISBN 978-1-137-43599-6, retrieved 13 November 2021
- ^ "Helen Coode (artist) (c. 1834-1915)". Ladies Who Punch. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b HUGHES, LINDA K. (2010). "Inventing Poetry and Pictorialism in Once a Week : A Magazine of Visual Effects". Victorian Poetry. 48 (1): 41–72. ISSN 0042-5206. JSTOR 40601047.
- ^ a b Houfe, Simon (1996). The Dictionary of 19th Century British Book Illustrators. Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors’ Club. p. 97.
- ^ "The Society of Female Artists". Athenaeum: 342.
- ^ Public Opinion. G. Cole (etc.). 1885.
- ^ Nunn, Pamela Gerrish (1987). Victorian Women Artists. The Women's Press. p. 116.
- ^ The Academy and Literature. Academy Publishing Company. 1885.