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American illustrator and painter

Elenore Plaisted Abbott (–) was an American book illustrator, scenic designer, and painter.

Born on this day in in Lincoln, Maine, Eleanor Plaisted Abbott is best known for her illustrations of fairy tales and children's stories.

Born on this day in in Lincoln, Maine, Eleanor Plaisted Abbott is best known for her illustrations of fairy tales and children's stories.

Born in Lincoln, Maine in , Elenore Plaisted Abbott was a painter, illustrator, and scenic designer.

Biographies of Elenore Plaisted Abbott usually mention that she was born in Lincoln, Maine.

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She illustrated early 20th-century editions of Grimm's Fairy Tales,Robinson Crusoe, and Kidnapped. Several books were published as illustrated by Elenore Plaisted Abbott and Helen Alden Knipe (later Carpenter).

Abbott was educated at three art schools in Philadelphia and Paris and influenced by Howard Pyle. She was among a group of New Women who sought educational and professional opportunities for women, including creating professional art associations like The Plastic Club to promote their work.

Plaisted Abbott & Helen Alden Knipe (illustrations).

She was married to fellow artist and lawyer C. Yarnall Abbott.

Early life and education

Elenore Plaisted was born in Lincoln, Maine. She studied art at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and in Paris, France at the Académie des Beaux-Arts,^[4] where her work was exhibited.^&