Charles Samuel Keene

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Inscr. in ink lower left: ‘Charles Keene’;
signed lower centre: ‘Hy.F.’;
and inscr. in blue pencil top right: ‘Chap III’ (crossed through).
A note in NPG RP 3477 says ‘inscribed on back in blue chalk: “T.P.C. Chap XIII”’. This is no longer visible due to mounting.

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NPG 3477 and NPG 3476 are part of a large collection of drawings of prominent men by Harry Furniss, c.1880–1910. See NPG collection 3337–3535, 3554–3620

Carol Blackett-Ord

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Whole-length to left, leaning on walking stick, smoking pipe, bag slung over right shoulder, wearing long cape coat and a battered hat.

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The artist; his sons, from whom purchased (through Theodore Cluse), April 1947

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