Audrey Teago (1889-1974), Illustrator

Posted on Jun 01, 2026 in Illustrations

Born January 1889
Holford, Somerset, England
Died 30 August 1974 (aged 85)
Wellington, Somerset, England
Occupation Artist
Spouse Charles Duncan Teago
(m 1915, d 1924)
Children 1, Barbara Joan Teago (1916-2003)
Parents George Peake (father)
Laura Gertrude (Ainslie) Peake (mother)

Audrey Teago (24 January 1889 – 30 August 1974) was an English artist known for the illustrations she had published in books and magazines.

She was born Audrey Peake in Somerset, England in 1889. She married Charles Teago in 1915 [1] in what was decribed as a "war wedding" and gave birth to Barbara Teago in 1916. Her marriage begins in the same the year that her husband begins Army service. [2] This service later takes the family to live in Natal, South Africa. When they returned to England in 1923, he was listed as "retired." [3] She became a widow in 1924. [4] During her life, Audrey Teago had a successful career as an artist and many of her illustrations were published in books and magazines.

Works she illustrated, include the following:

  • Not Naughty Now, by Joan Rundall (1919)
  • Septimus Serpentine, by Joanna Giles (1919)
  • Sambo and Snitch, by Algernon Blackwood (1926)
  • The Elfin Horn, by Louise Brettell (1929)
  • Stories of the Gnomes and Bloggs, by Harold Black (1929)
  • The Blue Dragon, by Violet M. Charlesworth (1929)
  • The Story of the Shadow Lady, by Harold Black (1929)
  • At the Back of Beyond, by Harold Black (1929)
  • Seven for a Secret, by Hugh Chesterman (1930)
  • John Bull's Market, by Hugh Chesterman (1930)
  • The Yellow Feather, by Frances Cowen (1931)
  • Friends Across the Sea, by Cyril J. Midgley (1935)

At the time Septimus Serpentine was published, author Joanna Giles and illustrator Audrey Teago are said to be fellow art students in London and "great friends". [5] [6] Teago's illustrations accompanied Sambo and Snitch, when it was first serialized in Merry-Go-Round and were also included in the later hardcover book. [7] Hugh Chesterman, who was also an artist, became editor of Merry-Go-Round after Sambo and Snitch was purchased but before its first publication. [7] Teago and Chesterton would go on to collaborate, as she illustrated some of his subsequent writings.

Audrey Teago died in 1974, in Somerset.

Reproductions of her work are still produced. [8]

Illustrator: Audrey Teago

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