George Dancey
George Henry Dancey (1865 – 23 December 1922) was an Australian artist, known for cartoons and caricatures, particularly for the "Melbourne Punch", second only to Tom Carrington in his time with that paper. History. Dancey was born in England around 1865 and learned design while working from age 13 at the studios of Clayton and Bell, London. After spending a year in South Africa, he arrived in Melbourne in 1891, and in 1893 succeeded Alf Vincent as chief cartoonist on the staff of Melbourne "Punch", holding the position for 23 years, for most of that time with Alek Sass  as a colleague. He had a break from "Punch" 1896–1898, when George Treeby ("Bron") took over. He finally retired in 1919 and died at his home, "Seacroft", 11 Beaconsfield Terrace, St Kilda, after several years of poor health. "Melbourne Punch", which had lauded his work in 1918 made no mention of his retirement (or resignation) or after. The only newspaper to publish an obituary (of some two dozen words) was "The Herald", buried under a pile of stone on page 13. He fared better in Sydney, where "The Sun" devoted several column-inches to his life and work. His art  has been described as belonging to the "Lord Leighton" school, exhibiting fine draftsmanship. He was noted for his murals and during The Great War produced many fine memorials. His work is held by several national galleries, including the Melbourne Art Gallery and National Portrait Gallery The National Library, Canberra holds two of his political cartoons. Family. Dancey married Annie (c. 1850 – 19 September 1934); they had two daughters: He should not be confused with his contemporary in Melbourne, the printer and stationer George Herbert Dancey (died 1 September 1921).