Henry George Hine
English landscape painter and comic illustrator
Henry George Hine (15 August 1811–16 March 1895) was an English landscape-painter and comic illustrator.
Life
Born at Brighton, Sussex, on 15 August 1811, he was the youngest son of William Hine, from Hampshire, by his marriage with Mary Roffey. His father was at one time coachman to Hester Thrale, and then a coachmaster in Brighton. He taught himself to draw and paint, and was encouraged by a neighbouring vicar who had water-colours by Copley Fielding.
Hine painted for some years in Sussex on sea-pieces and coastal scenes, then went to London and was apprenticed as a draughtsman to Henry Meyer. On leaving Meyer he went to Rouen and remained there about two years. He returned, first to Brighton, then to London, where he became a professional wood engraver, and in 1841 extended his practice to drawing on the wood for illustrated journals.
Ebenezer Landells engaged Hine as a contributor to Punch, the first number of which had been published on 17 July 1841. Hine's first contribution appeared in September, and he continued to work for Punch till 1844. He and William Newman were the main regular artists on the staff, before John Leech took the lead.
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