Gladys Emerson Cook

Gladys Emerson Cook (November 7, 1894 – February 20, 1977) was an American artist. She is known for her pictures of domestic pets and wild animals. Cook also wrote and illustrated books about animals including how to draw them.

Early life and education
Cook was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor of science degree at Skidmore College in 1921, followed by a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin in 1923.

Art
Cook's artworks are held in the collections of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art (Queenie and Her Cubs), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Siamese Interlude), the New York Public Library (Queenie and Her Cubs), Huntsville Museum of Art (Trellis Gateway), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the AKC Museum of the Dog (Ch. King Messenger, Pug Puppy, Pug Drawing, Tri-Int. Ch. Pugville’s Mighty Jim, and Wire Fox Terrier).

Thirty-five of Cook's watercolor drawings are included in the Index of American Design held at the National Gallery of Art.

Books
Cook wrote and illustrated:
 * Drawing Wildlife (1972)
 * All Breeds, All Champions: A Book Of Dogs (1962)
 * Drawing Cats: Breeds; Structure; Anatomy; Poses and Behavior (1958)
 * Drawing Dogs (1958)
 * Circus Clowns On Parade (1956)
 * The Big Book Of Cats (with contributing text by Felix Sutton) (1954)
 * American Champions (1945) #
 * Zoo Animals (1943).

She illustrated:
 * Black Douglas (written by Adelaide Bolton Louden) (1957)
 * Favorite Cat Stories Of Pamela And James Mason (written by Pamela And James Mason) (1956)
 * Drawing Animals (written by Victor Semon Pérard) (1951)
 * Cats: Care, Training, Feeding, Breeding, Exhibiting (written by Marguerite Ann Norton) (1949)
 * Drawing horses (written by Victor Semon Pérard) (1944)
 * Matou, The Biography Of A Cat (written by Max Kaufman) (1942)
 * Hiram And Other Cats (written by Laurence Dwight Smith) (1941).