Cicely Mary Barker lived in England and spent a great deal of her life in solitary pursuits owing to ill health. Because she had so much time, she entertained herself by drawing and painting. Her favourite subjects were the many flowers, plants and trees of the English countryside, and all the fairies who lived there.

Here is the website, it takes a while to load, but will give you lots of info about Cicely Mary Barker and her many books and illustrations:

http://www.flowerfairies.com/UK/start.htm

There are also a number of other related sites, if you put her name into your search engine!

best wishes

freda