engraver, lithographer and grocer, was a native of Posen, Germany (now Poznan, Poland) who arrived at Melbourne in the Wappaus in March 1849 and set up an engraving and lithography business in Swanston Street with Maurice Helm . The partnership was dissolved on 15 July 1850 and both continued alone, Hentschel remaining in Swanston Street until late 1853 or early 1854. Later he was listed in Melbourne directories as a grocer in Brunswick where he died aged 81 on 19 February 1902. No pictorial engravings have been located.

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Date written:
1992
Last updated:
2011