Antonia Yeoman born Beryl Botterill Thompson sometimes known as Anton (24 July 1907 – 30 June 1970) was an Australian-English cartoonist and illustrator.
Antonia Yeoman | |
---|---|
Born | Beryl Botterill Thompson 24 July 1907 |
Died | 30 June 1970 | (aged 62)
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Cartoonist |
Yeoman was born in Esk in Queensland, Australia as Beryl Botterill Thompson. Her father was an English rancher and he oversaw a sheep farm.[1] Her parents took her to visit England where her brother was born and her father died. Her mother Ida May (Cooke), who had been a Brisbane headteacher, decided to settle in the UK in Brighton. Yeoman suffered from tuberculosis of the spine throughout her childhood. She had to use her other[clarification needed] hand after the disease took two of her fingers. Nevertheless, she trained at the Royal Academy and under artist and painter Stephen Spurrier.[2]
Yeoman's first popular cartoons were as part of the partnership with her brother, Harold Underwood Thompson. Together they published under the name of "Anton" in the late 1930s.[3] In time her brother found other interests directing an advertising company but Yeoman continued on alone.[1] Yeoman worked regularly for The Tatler, Men Only, The New Yorker, London's Evening Standard, Private Eye, Lilliput, and Punch.[2][3] She was the only woman in Punch's Toby Club.[3]
In addition to illustrating 17 books, Yeoman also produced two collections of her own works: Anton's Amusement Arcade (1947) and High Life and Low Life (1952).[3]