A biography of Ida Sherbourne Outhwaite (nee Rentoul) illustrator of Childrens books Ida Sherbourne Outhwaite (1888-1960), illustrator, was born on 9 June 1888 at Carlton, Melbourne, second surviving child of Rev. John Laurence Rentoul and his wife Annie Isobel, née Rattray. Encouraged by her gifted literary and artistic family Ida drew prolifically from childhood, snatching time from her formal education at…