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The work of Charles Keene; with an introduction & comments on the drawings illustrating the artist's methods (1897)

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, Chesson, W. H. (Wilfrid Hugh), Keene, Charles, 1823-1891 · New York, R.H. Russell, [etc., etc.] · leaf 38

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ing Stothard’s “ fist,” he thought — he was ever on the look out. Bewicks, too, he collected in a mild way. Toward the end of his life he subscribed to Fliegende Blatter. Often at first his admiration was practically expressed in his own drawings. I have reproduced on page 141 a study in Indian ink… … others are reproduced here. There are many in the style of Cattermole’s drawings and lithographs, though very much smaller, and they have a charm that is due to Keene rather than to the men copied. In Mark Lemon’s Jest Book there are several wash-drawings, and at times one might think he had taken…

Keene, Charles, 1823-1891

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