Blanche McManus

Blanche McManus
Born1869
East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States
Died1935
Occupation(s)Illustrator, writer
SpouseFrancis Miltoun
Street of Mosques, Tunis, 1908

Blanche McManus (1869–1935)[1] was an American writer and artist. She and her husband, Milburg Francisco Mansfield 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 Emily D. Elton 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 Francis Miltoun The Cathedrals of Northern France Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1904 G. Sidney Paternoster 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 Henry C. Shelley The Spell of Old Paris Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
1905 Charles Rudy 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 Mary Caroline Crawford 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. ^ 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.