Charles Samuel Keene
(1823-1891), Illustrator and etcherSitter in 11 portraits
Artist of 3 portraits
Charles Keene began his career as an apprentice with an architect and with Whympers, the wood-engravers, pursuing his studies at the Clipstone Street Art society. He worked for the Illustrated London News and subsequently for Punch. Keene's illustrations for Punch introduced, wherever possible, the social side of the magazine's political concerns.
Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
by Charles Samuel Keene
pen and ink, 1860s
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by Charles Samuel Keene
pencil, 3 sketches, circa 1872
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by Charles Samuel Keene
pen and ink, circa 1885
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