Cecil Mary Leslie was an engraver, portrait painter, sculptor and illustrator.
Education
She studied at the Royal Academy Schools, and exhibited from 1923 until 1939 at the Royal Academy. The Society of Women Artists. The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
The New English Art Club. The Royal Society of British Artists.
The Royal Cambrian Academy of Artist And the Royal Scottish Academy.
Career
Cecil Mary Leslie also exhibited in the United States of America, France, Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. Her home was in Blakeney, Norfolk, England. Cecil Leslie illustrated the Puffin editions of the classic Heidi (1956) and East. Nesbit"s The Story of the Treasure Seekers (1958), The Wouldbegoods (1958) and The Enchanted Castle (1964).