The female cartoonist I am studying Grace Dayton. she was born in Philadelphia in the year 1877 and died in 1936. She was one of the first and most successful female cartoonists. She originally created the series ‘Bobby Blake’ and ‘Dolly Drake<\/p>\n
Ali Susskind<\/span><\/p>\n 9\/24\/23<\/span><\/p>\n RHCS 412<\/span><\/p>\n Grace Drayton<\/span><\/p>\n The cartoonist I will be studying is Grace Drayton. Grace Gebbie was born on October 14th, 1878 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Grace was born into art being that one of her parents was an art publisher. Her dad, George Gebbie, was a lithographer and Philadelphia\u2019s first art printer. She was an illustrator of children\u2019s books, fashion pages, and magazine covers. Along with her artistic skills, she was well known for her fashion sense.\u00a0 She first started off as a freelance artist in 1895. She would sketch pictures of herself as she looked in the mirror. Grace attended what is now Drexel University as well as the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. But there is no actual record of her graduating. Between the years 1905 to 1909 she was a member of the Plastic Club. The Plastic Club is an arts organization in Philadelphia made for women only founded in the year 1897. It promoted collaboration and members\u2019 work.\u00a0 She made her first art sale when she was just 17. Her first illustrations were of cupids and pretty women. In 1895 she made her first magazine sale, selling her illustration of a young girl holding a kitten which she named \u201cPuss\u201d. By the time she was in her twenties she had married Theodore Wiederseim. But that wasn\u2019t her only accomplishment in her twenties. Grace had created the series \u2018Bobby Blake\u2019 and \u2018Dolly Drake\u2019 both for the Philadelphia Press. In 1909 Grace had published both of these along with \u2018The Terrible Tales of Captain Kiddo\u2019 in which she collaborated with her sister. Grace\u2019s whole family were artists, she was just the most successful one. These were all created while she was Grace Wiederseim but the real magic came when she divorced Theodore and married W. Drayton. All of her most famous works were made as Mrs. Drayton. She illustrated children\u2019s books as well as several comics. These comics include \u2018Toodles\u2019, \u2018Dolly Dimples\u2019, and \u2018The Campbell Kids\u2019. Stemming from these comics, she was able to create the adventures of Little Miss Muffett, the Man in the Moon, and others with Dolly Dimple and Bobby Bounce. From 1916 to 1922, Drayton\u2019s work appeared in the Pictorial Review. At this point in time she was known for her Dolly Dingle paper dolls. In 1910 her sister Margaret had a book called \u2018Kiddie Land\u2019, in 1911 she had another called \u2018Kiddie rhymes\u2019, and \u2018Vegetable Verselets for Humorous Vegetarians\u2019, and in 1914 three others, \u2018Babykins Bedtime Book\u2019, \u2018Little Pets Book\u2019, and \u2018Rosy Childhood\u2019. The illustrations in both of these books were done by Grace Drayton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You all probably know Campbell Soup company whether it’s for the taste or for the creative drawings and ads that play along with the company. Drayton created the Campbell Soup Kids which appeared in the Campbell Soup advertisements in the beginning of the year 1904. Grace\u2019s name actually never appeared on the drawings she did for Campbell Soup. She is known for her children\u2019s characters being cute and cherubic, often with round faces, plump bodies, and rosy cheeks. Her other notable works are <\/span>Dolly Dimples, <\/span><\/i>Dolly Dingle Paper Dolls, and <\/span>The Pussycat Princess. <\/span><\/i>Her Dolly Dingle Paper Dolls were featured in the women\u2019s magazine <\/span>Pictorial Review. <\/span><\/i>She paved the way for a lot of female cartoonists. Grace Drayton is considered to be one of the first and most successful American female cartoonists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Grace Drayton\u2019s primary syndicated newspaper comic strip is called <\/span>Dolly Dimples. <\/span><\/i>This appeared in various William Randolph Hearst\/King Features Syndicate publications. This comic strip lasted from the year 1903 to the year 1933. The meaning of \u201cdolly dimple\u201d is a traditional name for large ladies who once made their living with freak shows at circuses and carnivals. That was not what Grace Drayton\u2019s comic was about though. It was constantly changing. The main character went from \u201cToodles\u201d from 1903-1904, \u201cDottie Dimple\u201d from 1908 to 1911, \u201cDimples\u201d from 1914-1918, and at last \u201cDolly Dimples\u201d from 1928 to 1933. The character in the comic strip played a little girl who got into mischief around the house or around an adult. She would later suffer for it or give out a punishment. But she was not alone, she usually had her dog or a little boy with her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The image from this comic is very colorful and vibrant. There are a ton of details that went into this image you can tell. In the first panel, the little girl is explaining to her cat that it is very dirty and needs to be cleaned. The girl’s face is content but the cat looks mad. They are both sitting on this large chair on the porch of a house. The girl is in a cute, white, flowy dress. She has blonde curly hair. They are both wearing big pink bows, possibly to symbolize that they are both girls. In the second panel the girl is chasing after the cat on a dirt road because the cat is afraid of the water. The little girls face looks surprised and scared that her cat is running away. The cat looks determined to get away from her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Grace Drayton. \u201cThe Woman Behind the Campbell’s Soup Kids.\u201d <\/span>https:\/\/recollections.biz\/blog\/the-woman-behind-the-campbells-soup-kids-grace-drayton\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Grace Dayton. <\/span>Dolly Dimples<\/span><\/i>. <\/span>http:\/\/mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com\/2016\/11\/dolly-dimples-by-grace-g-drayton.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Grace Drayton was born on October 14, 1877 in Philadelphia. Her maiden name was Grace Gebbie. She comes from an artistic family. Her dad’s name was George Gebbie. He was a very successful illustrator. He illustrated books and magazines. She was heavily influenced to become an illustrator by her dad being that she grew up in this environment. As a child, she was known for her self portraits. She drew herself while looking in the mirror. Grace found herself to be a funny looking individual. Her dad emigrated from Scotland and worked in upstate New York. He listed his job as a bookseller when he arrived in Philadelphia. Grace had five sisters and one brother. Her sisters were mostly all artistically talented but her brother lacked that talent. Her early education was in private and church schools. She later moved to New York City to continue her work. https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20121104014436\/http:\/\/home.comcast.net\/~bluepatch\/Biographies\/Grace_Drayton_web.htm<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.rubylane.com\/relax\/blog\/graceful-creations<\/p>\n Dolly Dingle was one of Grace Drayton’s more famous works out of the many she had. They really stuck with people. Dolly Dingles was a spin off of Rose O’Neill’s Kewpies. Dolly Dingles were made in the year 1913. O’Neill’s Kewpies and Drayton’s Dolly Dingles had bright red rosy cheeks that were fat. Their bodies were plump and they had a distinct look to them. Their eyes were almost giving a side look. One difference of the two is that the Kewpies were normally cherubs and babies and Dolly Dingles, Dolly is a little girl. Drayton enjoyed the success that these Dolls brought her. She called them her “funny babies”. Drayton devoted a lot of time to the Dolly Dingles. She would draw over 200 sets of these paper dolls all in color before the year 1926. During the seventies and eighties, Dover books and other publishers actually reproduced Grace Drayton’s work of these dolls. These Dolls had popular themes of travel and holidays. Dolly had a dog named Fido and a cat named Kitty-cutie. She also had friends and family. Soon, her creations went from being two-dimensional paper dolls to three-dimensional plastic dolls and other collectibles. During the dirties and sixties these dolls became salt and pepper shakers. During the eighties they became vinyl dolls and bisque figurines. The bisque dolls were created by a well-known doll artist. The dolls had glass eyes and wigs made for the House of Global Arts. But it didn’t stop there. These dolls were made into ornaments, cups, dishes, utensils, and even cloth dolls.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.virtualdollconvention.com\/virtualconventionblog\/dollydingle<\/p>\n Grace Drayton created the Campbell Soup Kids. They first emerged in the year 1904. They have been prevalent in ads produced by the Campbell Soup company on and off for years. These Campbell Soup Kids dolls were so fascinating that collectors today still have interest in obtaining them. But how did the Campbell Soup company find and gain interest in her work? Grace’s first husband, Theodore Wiederseim, was a lithographer at the time. Lithography is a type of printmaking process. At the time, Theodore did the printing of the street car signs used by Joseph Campbell Company. This company later emerged as The Campbell Soup Company. In 1904, Theodore took a sample of his wife, Drayton’s, work. He took it to an account meeting he had with Joseph Campbell Company on a day in 1904. He showed off her work to the company and suggested the what he called “healthy looking children” to be a good addition to his project, \u00a0the streetcar advertising. Streetcar was Campbell’s soup new condensed soup product. Fun fact, the company was originally a fruit and vegetable purveyor. But in 1897 that changed. They decided to turn their focus too condensed soup made by one of their chemists. The company took his suggestion into account and sooner than later Grace’s children were plastered on the sides of the streetcars. Originally in black and white but later grew to be color. They eventually became dolls when the company licensed the rights to E.I. Horsman Company. From the mid twenties to the mid forties the children were not used in ads. But were brought back for their fiftieth anniversary. Unfortunately, there are no records of Grace Drayton ever benefiting financially form the licensing.<\/p>\n Campbell Kids Creator Grace Drayton<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\nComic Strip profile<\/h2>\n
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