Wood engravings and drawings by Charles Keene
1846–90
This collection, which has now been digitised and made available to view online, includes primarily wood engravings, many of which were used to illustrate 'Punch', and other similar publications, such as 'Once a Week', by Charles Keene. These illustrations cover a substantial part of his career, dating from 1861 to 1888. Also available online are a number of preparatory pencil and ink studies that appear to have informed his wood engravings for 'Punch', as well as etchings, including one early design for and illustration printed in Daniel Defoe's book, 'The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe', published in 1847.
- Collection Owner
- Charles Samuel Keene 1823–1891
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Presented by Mrs P. Keene, October 1976.
- Reference
- TGA 766
360 objects in this collection
- Title
- Wood engravings and drawings by Charles Keene
- Date
- 1846–90
- Description
- This collection, which has now been digitised and made available to view online, includes primarily wood engravings, many of which were used to illustrate 'Punch', and other similar publications, such as 'Once a Week', by Charles Keene. These illustrations cover a substantial part of his career, dating from 1861 to 1888. Also available online are a number of preparatory pencil and ink studies that appear to have informed his wood engravings for 'Punch', as well as etchings, including one early design for and illustration printed in Daniel Defoe's book, 'The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe', published in 1847.
- Reference
- TGA 766
Showing 1–20 of 360 objects
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Perhaps the most impertinent thing on record’
22 March 1862
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving used to illustrate an article titled ‘Essays and Remarks’
12 April 1862
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘The Honeymoon’
7 June 1862
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving used to illustrate article titled ‘Clergymen in Crinoline’
8 November 1862
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Index’
7 June 1862
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving used to illustrate article titled ‘How, when and where?’
31 October 1863
Charles Samuel Keene Untitled wood engraving with first line reading ‘Omnibus Conductor: ‘vitchapel or Mile End, Sir’
28 November 1863
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Awful Apparition of the bard at Mrs Scrimminges’s tea-fight’
6 February 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Untitled wood engraving with first line reading ‘Polite Oxbridge Tradesman...’
9 April 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Untitled wood engraving with first line reading ‘1st Navvy: Aye sin a Dawg aboot year’
11 June 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Finis’
25 June 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Cadging Extraordinary-A Fact’
9 July 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Letter H’
13 August 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘First Class Travelling’
26 November 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘The Snub Connubial’
10 December 1864
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Pisciculture’
1865
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘As Clear as Mud’
11 March 1865
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘The Timber Drag: A new sensation for the Derby’
3 June 1865
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘The Season Over’
19 April 1865
Charles Samuel Keene Wood engraving titled ‘Room for a small one’
26 August 1865