Carol Stuart Watson | |
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| Born | Carol Stuart August 14, 1931 |
| Died | January 19, 1986 (aged 54) |
| Education | University of Maryland (1929-32) |
| Occupations | Illustrator Publisher |
| Spouse | David Watson |
Carol Stuart Watson (August 14, 1931 – January 19, 1986) was an American illustrator and publisher. She was known for her illustrations of calendars, cards, children's books and scientific subjects. As a publisher, she cofounded The Georgetowner and Carriage Trade Publications.
She lived in Rockville, Maryland, and died of lung cancer at the Bethesda Naval Medical Center.
Watson was born at Georgetown Hospital in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. She graduated from Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, then earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts and journalism from the University of Maryland.
Watson started her career working at the Washington Times-Herald. In 1954, she co-founded The Georgetowner, a community newspaper in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C. In 1960 she co-founded Carriage Trade Publications with her husband, David Deshler Watson.
Her illustrations could be seen in the lobbies of companies such as Martin Marietta; at the National Park Visitors Center in Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia; and in the maps of local communities. She was best known for her illustrations that appeared in books such as Where’s Rachel, Hurrah for Arthur! A Mount Vernon Birthday Party, Flower Fables, Hey, ey-ey-Lock – Adventures on the C&O Canal, and Upstairs and Downstairs in a Victorian Doll House.
Watson and her husband ran Carriage Trade Publications until 1979 when she took a position as an illustrator for the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory.
In 1982, Watson won the Printing Industries of America's Graphic Arts Award Competition for her design of Bear Branches Gift Wrap for the Evergreen Press.