Elizabeth Parke Custis (1897-1952) was born and died in Washington D.C.  She studied art at the Corcoran Art School and with Henry B. Snell.

Elizabeth exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute in 1926 and 1936. The 1926 painting was a watercolor #40, titled "A Store in Wiscasset". The 1936 painting was a gouache #200,  "A Street in Cairo".

She was a member of the American Watercolor Club, National Association of Women painters and the American Federation of Artists. Custis's paintings hang in public collections such as The New Haven, Connecticut Public Library and The Adams School in Washington D.C.  She was best known for her illustrations of children books and national magazines.

Listed:

Mantle Fielding, pg. 209
Women Artists in America 18th Century to the Present
The Annual Exhibition Records of the Art
Institute of Chicago (1888-1950), pg. 248
Dictionary of American Artists of the 19th and 20th Century
Engravers, pg. 85