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Blanche McManus (1869–1935) 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.
McManus biography
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McManus, Blanche 1869 births 1935 deaths 19th-century American novelists 19th-century American women writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American children's writers American women children's writers American women illustrators American illustrators American women novelists People from East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
Blanche McManus (1869–1935) 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
East Feliciana Parish (french: Paroisse de Feliciana Est, es, Parroquia de East Feliciana) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 census, the population was 20,267, and 19,531 in 2020. The parish seat is Clinton.
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, in 1870 and died in Louisiana on June 13, 1935.
McManus inherited Hampton Hall, a historic mansion in Woodville, Mississippi
Woodville is a town in and the county seat of Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. Its population as of 2020 was 928.
History
This historic town, one of the oldest in Mississippi, is set among the rolling hills and pastures of Wilkins ...
, with her two sisters in 1909. She did the murals in the parlor.
Collections
Her work is included in the collection of theSmithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum (commonly known as SAAM, and formerly the National Museum of American Art) is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds o ...
.
Books written/illustrated
Many of these books may have only been cover design illustrations by Blanche McManus.References
External links
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McManus, Blanche 1869 births 1935 deaths 19th-century American novelists 19th-century American women writers 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American women writers American children's writers American women children's writers American women illustrators American illustrators American women novelists People from East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana