Mary 'Betty' Newmarsh Woolcock, née Ladler, (1914–2004) was an English artist and illustrator, most notable for her illustrations in books written by Enid Blyton.
Life, work and death
Betty Ladler was born in Hendon, Middlesex in 1914. She joined the Women's Land Army during the Second World War. She was a prolific illustrator predominantly of children's books for the publisher Blackie and Son. Most of her life was spent in England but she travelled extensively and drew images taken from her time in the Middle and Far East and the Swiss Alps. Her home was in the village of Coombe, near Wooton under Edge, South Gloucestershire where she died in 2004.
Personal life
She married John Uglow Woolcock in 1957.
Exhibitions
Ladler exhibited Saloon Bar at the Royal Academy in 1944, Flower Study in 1945 and Flowers in Sunlight in 1947.
Partial bibliography
The Sound of Pens (written by Ruth Leaver)
Alison and the Witch's Cave (1956) (written by Shelia Stuart)
