H. B. Blanche

Also known as H. B. B.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Colonial-era Melbourne cartoonist, sketcher and printmaker. H.B. Blanche exhibited crayon drawings at the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition.
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engraver, lithographer and illustrator, was a regular contributor to Australian Tit-bits (Melbourne, 1884-86). One cartoon by Blanche takes a painting from the National Gallery of Victoria collection, Edwin Long’s 'A Question of Propriety’, and recasts it with local politicians – references to well-known artworks seem to be an ongoing theme across the generations, Juliet Peers notes.

Melbourne International Exhibition 1880: Victoria – Crayons – Blanche, H.B., 5 Little Collins Street East, Melbourne – no.334 Hon. W.J. Clarke.

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Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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