Persis Kirmse

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| birth_place = Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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| death_place = Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom

| nationality = British

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Elizabeth Persis Esperance Kirmse (1884, Bournemouth – 18 May 1955, Tunbridge Wells)[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40543/page/4281/data.pdf London Gazette 22 July 1955] was a British artist and illustrator known for her works of cats and dogs.[http://issuu.com/jammdesign/docs/dw_5_6.02.2014_low_res/26 Dominic Winter. British & Continental Paintings and Watercolors - Wednesday 5 February 2014.] p. 26. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

She was the daughter of Richard and Lea Kirmse, respectively of German and Swiss origin, the proprietors of a private school in Hampshire. She produced oil paintings, works in pastels, and etchings of pets, often as commissions, and illustrated books, postcards, and calendars.

She produced illustrated versions of scenes from Shakespeare using animal characters, including Shakespeare at the Kennels (1934), Shakespeare with the Pets (1935), Shakespeare at the Zoo (1936) and Shakespeare and the Birds (1938). Her illustrations were also used in books by Frances Pitt and E.V. Lucas. Her work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1916.

Her sister, Marguerite Kirmse (1885–1954), was also an artist, specialising in etchings of dogs.

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;Author and illustrator

{{cite book|author=Persis Kirmse|title=Shakespeare and the Birds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=09rccQAACAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Methuen}}
{{cite book|author=Persis Kirmse|title=Shakespeare at the Kennels, Etc. [Drawings of Dogs Suggested by Lines from Shakespeare.].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNULMwEACAAJ|year=1934|publisher=London}}
{{cite book|author=Persis Kirmse|title=Shakespeare at the Zoo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=04Q4MwEACAAJ|year=1936|publisher=Methuen & Company}}
{{cite book|author=Persis Kirmse|title=Shakespeare with the Pets: A Book of Drawings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKlONAEACAAJ|year=1935|publisher=Methuen}}

;Illustrator

{{cite book|author1=Edward Verrall Lucas|author2=Persis Kirmse|title=The Day of the Dog ... Illustrated by Persis Kirmse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXcaMwEACAAJ|year=1932|publisher=London}}
{{cite book|author=Edward Verrall Lucas|title=Dinmont Day-by-Day ... Illustrated by Persis Kirmse. [Reprinted from "Punch."].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RiTqMgEACAAJ|year=1936|publisher=London}}
{{cite book|author1=Edward Verrall Lucas|author2=Persis Kirmse|title=No-Nose at the Show. Drawings by Persis Kirmse. Verses by E.V. Lucas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMcwMwEACAAJ|year=1931|publisher=Methuen & Company}}
{{cite book|author1=Frances Pitt|author2=Persis Kirmse|title=Scotty. The adventures of a Highland fox ... With many illustrations by Persis Kirmse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nGc4MwEACAAJ|year=1932|publisher=Longmans & Company}}

Persis Kirmse

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