Blanche McManus

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Blanche McManus
Born1869
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
Died1935
OccupationIllustrator, writer
Spouse(s)
Street of Mosques, Tunis, 1908

Blanche McManus (1869–1935)[1] was an American writer and artist. She and her husband, wrote a series of illustrated travel books, many of which included information about automobiles which were new at the time.

Biography[]

McManus was born on Talledega Plantation, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in 1870 and died in Louisiana on June 13, 1935.[2]

McManus inherited Hampton Hall, a historic mansion in Woodville, Mississippi, with her two sisters in 1909.[3] She did the murals in the parlor.[3]

Collections[]

Her work is included in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[4]

Books Written/Illustrated[]

Many of these books may have only been cover design illustrations by Blanche McManus.

Date Author Title Publisher
1896 Maria Louise Pool Boss and Other Dogs Chicago: Stone and Kimball
1896 Ian Maclaren Kate Carnegie Dodd, Mead
1896 Charles Gibbon Margaret Carmichael New Amsterdam Book Co.
1896 Blanche McManus The True Mother Goose. Boston: Lamson Wolffe & Co.
1897 Rudyard Kipling Recessional NY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels
1897 Richard Mansfield Blown Away Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1897 Isaac Watts Childhood's Songs of Long Ago NY: E. R. Herrick
1897 A Mince Pie Dream: A Book of Children's Verse NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1897 Blanche McManus The Voyage of the Mayflower NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1897 Blanche McManus How the Dutch Came to Manhattan NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898 Tom Hall When Cupid Calls NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898 G. A. Henty Henty Series Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1898 Alfred Lord Tennyson Crossing the Bar NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898 Blanche McManus Told in the Twilight: Stories to Tell Children NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1898 Rudyard Kipling Mandalay NY: M. F. Mansfield & Co.
1898 Blanche McManus Bachelor Ballads NY: New Amsterdam Book Co.
1898 Walter Mapes A Canticle of Wine, or the Drinking Song of Walter D. Mapes NY: M. F. Mansfield & Co.
1899 Ruth McEnery Stuart Holly and Pizen The Century Co.
1899 Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland NY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels
1899 Rudyard Kipling The Betrothed NY: M. F. Mansfield & A. Wessels
1899 Blanche McManus The Quaker Colony NY: E. R. Herrick & Co.
1900 Alfred Lord Tennyson "In Memoriam" London: The Bankside Press
1900 Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass NY: A. Wessels Company
1903 The Cathedrals of Northern France Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904 The Motor Pirate Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904 Blanche McManus The 'Sov'rane Herb' and the Smokers Year, a Calendar for MDCCCCIIII Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904 M.F. and Blanche McManus Mansfield Romantic Ireland Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904 Francis Miltoun Cathedrals of Southern France Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 The Spell of Old Paris Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 The Cathedrals of Northern Spain Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 Francis Miltoun Rambles in Brittany Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 Francis Miltoun Rambles in Normandy Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 Blanche McManus Our Little English Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 Blanche McManus Our Little French Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 Francis Miltoun Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Nathaniel Hawthorne In Colonial Days Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Francis Miltoun Castles and Chateaux of Touraine and the Loire Country Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Francis Miltoun Rambles on the Riviera Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Blanche McManus Our Little Scotch Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Mary F. Nixon-Roulet Our Little Dutch Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Mary F. Nixon-Roulet Fernando, Our Little Spanish Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907 Charles Dickens The Seven Poor Travelers The Century Co.
1907 Francis Miltoun The Automobilist Abroad Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907 Francis Miltoun Castles and Chateaux of Old Navarre and the Basque Provinces Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907 Blanche McManus Our Little Hindu Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1907 Blanche McManus Our Little Arabian Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1906 Mary F. Nixon-Roulet Our Little Alaskan Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908 Old Boston in Colonial Days Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908 Francis Miltoun In the Land of Mosques and Minerets Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908 Francis Miltoun The Spell of Algeria and Tunisia Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1908 Blanche McManus Our Little Egyptian Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1909 Henry C. Shelley Inns and Taverns of Old London Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1909 Francis Miltoun Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1909 Francis Miltoun Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy & the Border Provinces Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1910 Francis Miltoun Royal Palaces and Parks of France Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1911 Blanche McManus Our Little Belgian Cousin Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1911 Blanche McManus The American Woman Abroad NY: Dodd, Mead
1912 Blanche McManus Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes: Children's Favorite Rhymes & Jingles NY: The Platt & Peck Co.
1925 Francis Miltoun The Spell of Normandy Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1927 Francis Miltoun The Spell of Brittany Boston: L. C. Page & Co.

References[]

  1. ^ "McManus, Blanche, 1869–1935" . Library of Congress Authorities. Library of Congress (loc.gov). Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Blanche McManus (Mansfield)". Kellscraft Studio (kellscraft.com). February 17, 2008. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form [completed for Hampton Hall]". National Park Service (nps.gov). Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  4. ^ "Blanche McManus Mansfield | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.

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