Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Blackburn, Henry
BLACKBURN, Henry, son of Mr. Charles Blackburn, B.A., of Cambridge, born at Portsea, Feb. 15, 1830, and educated at King's College, London; was appointed private secretary to the Right Hon. E. Horsman, M.P., in 1853. He is a foreign correspondent and art-critic for London papers and magazines. Mr. Blackburn visited Spain and Algeria in 1855, 1857 and 1864, and delivered illustrated lectures on these subjects. He was appointed editor of London Society in 1870, but resigned that post in 1872. He also held an appointment in the Civil Service Commission. Mr. Blackburn wrote and partly illustrated the following works: "Life in Algeria" 1864; "Travelling in Spain" 1866; "The Pyrenees," illustrated by Gustave Doré, 1867; "Artists and Arabs," 1868; "Normandy Picturesque," 1869; "Art in the Mountains: the Story of the Passion-Play in Bavaria," 1870; "Harz Mountains," 1873; and "Breton Folk," with illustrations by R. Caldecott, 1879. Mr. Blackburn is the originator of the system of Illustrated Catalogues to Exhibitions with Facsimiles of Sketches drawn by the artists. He is editor of the annual Academy Notes and Grosvenor Notes, and a lecturer on Art.