Florence upton biography

Florence Kate Upton (1873 – 1922).
Florence Kate Upton (22 February 1873–16 October 1922) was an American-born English cartoonist and author most famous for creating the Golliwog character.
Florence Kate Upton was an American-born English cartoonist and author most famous for creating the Golliwog character, featured in a series of children's books.

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Florence Kate Upton

The Adventure of Two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg
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3.21 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1895 — 51 editions

The Vege-Men's Revenge
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4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1897 — 14 editions

The Golliwogg in War!
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1903 — 4 editions

The Golliwogg's Bicycle Club
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1896 — 6 editions

The Golliwogg at the Sea-side
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3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1898 — 3 editions

The Golliwogg's Desert-Island
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 4 editions

The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 19 editions

The Golliwogg's "Auto-Go-Cart"
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1901 — 15 editions

The Golliwogg's Air-ship
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1902 &

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UPTON, Florence

Born in Flushing, New York, Florence Kate Upton was encouraged by her parents to draw and to paint, even keeping her father company when he enrolled in evening classes to study art. Upon her father’s unexpected death when she was only 16, Florence left school to help supplement the family income as an illustrator, which she did with moderate success for the following four years. In 1893 the family finances had improved to such an extent that they were able to travel to London to visit with relatives, and Florence remained with them when her mother, Bertha, and her three sisters returned to America. Wanting to undertake further art tuition, but unable to afford it, Florence thought to take advantage of the rising popularity of children’s books and her own artistic abilities to create a book which she hoped would sell well enough to fund her training. She modelled her story on her collection of dolls and her mother providing the verse text based on Florence’s illustrations.

She then took her manuscript and artwork to

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Florence Kate Upton

American-English cartoonist and author (1873–1922)

Florence Kate Upton (22 February 1873–16 October 1922) was an American-born English cartoonist and author most famous for creating the Golliwog character, featured in a series of children's books.

Early life

Upton was born in Flushing, New York, to English parents who had immigrated to the United States. She was the second of four children in a creative and slightly eccentric household.

Florence's father, Thomas Harborough Upton, worked as a confidential clerk at the American Exchange Bank in New York. In 1884, the family moved from Flushing to central Manhattan, which was more convenient for her father's daily journey to his office. The National Academy of Design, located near the new home, offered free instruction to anyone who could qualify. This prompted her father to enroll in evening classes, and Florence, at 15 years old, joined him for the beginning of her formal art training.

Early career

In June 1889, the family was placed in financial difficulty by the sudden death of