Horace H. Spooner b.

Also known as Jack Spooner, H. H. S.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late colonial period Sydney illustrator, journalist, critic and probably cartoonist who died of typhoid while covering the Boer War.
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Name
Horace H. Spooner
Also known as:
  • Jack Spooner
  • H. H. S. (Attributed)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Drama critic (ANZSIC code: 9002)
  • Journalist (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
Birth place
England, UK
Death date
1900
Death place
Deelfontein Hospital, South Africa
Active Period
  • c.1888 - c.1900
Arrival
  • c.1880
Residence
  • 1899 - 1900 South Africa
  • c.1885 - c.1899 Sydney, New South Wales
  • c.1880 - c.1885 South Australia
Cultural Heritage
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Greenwall, Ryno; & Carruthers, Jane (intro.) (1992), 'Artists & illustrators of the Anglo-Boer War', Vlaeberg, South Africa : Fernwood Press ; Johannesburg, South Africa : Thorold's Africana Books [distributor], p 211 (and refs).>, <ExternalResource: (26 May 1900), 'Our Late War Correspondent', Sydney, NSW : Town and Country Journal, p 19.>]