George Dancey

George Henry Dancey (c. 1865[1] – 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.

[2] Dancey was born in England around 1865 and learned design while working from age 13 at the studios of Clayton and Bell, London.

[3] After spending a year in South Africa, he arrived in Melbourne in 1891, and in 1893 succeeded Alf Vincent[3] 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.

[3] He finally retired in 1919 and died at his home, "Seacroft", 11 Beaconsfield Terrace, St Kilda, after several years of poor health.

The only newspaper to publish an obituary (of some two dozen words) was The Herald, buried under a pile of stone on page 13.