Charles Samuel Keene

English · 1823–1891 · Painter, Printmaker

Charles Samuel Keene was an English artist and illustrator, who worked in black and white. (Wikipedia)

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Charles Samuel Keene was an English artist and illustrator, who worked in black and white.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1823, HornseyDied 1891, LondonOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Draughtsman, IllustratorWikidata Q943757 ↗ULAN 500030662 ↗Museum works 24

Also known as C. Keene, Charles Keene, Charles S. Keene

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Charles Samuel Keene, "A Reproof" — **"A Reproof"**1870–1891 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1924 — Open Access (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, "Tract Distributor" — **"Tract Distributor"**1870–1891 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1924 — Open Access (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, "Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876) — **"Happy Thought" (for Punch, December 16, 1876)**1876 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1924 — Open Access (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, "A Tight Fit" — **"A Tight Fit"**1872 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1924 — Open Access (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, She was "Sorry She Spoke" — **She was "Sorry She Spoke"**1870–1891 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1924 — Open Access (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, "The Soldier's Tear"–Old Song — **"The Soldier's Tear"–Old Song**ca. 1879 · Pen and brown ink, brush and wash, touches of white gouache (bodycolor)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1924 — Open Access (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, "Oh, Tax 'em by all means!" — **"Oh, Tax 'em by all means!"**1888 · pen and brown ink and brown and gray washes with white gouache over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Charles Samuel Keene, A Station Buffet — **A Station Buffet**pen and brown ink over graphite touched with white gouache on brown wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Charles Samuel Keene, Seated Man — **Seated Man**graphite touched with white gouache on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal — Open Access …

Charles Samuel Keene, Lock on the Canal Near Watford — **Lock on the Canal Near Watford**1823 - 1891 · etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Frank B.…

Charles Samuel Keene, Self-Portrait — **Self-Portrait**
National Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery

Charles Samuel Keene, The Barrel Organ Player — **The Barrel Organ Player**1862
National Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Trust

Charles Samuel Keene, The Whitebait Season — **The Whitebait Season**1885
Vanderbilt Museum of Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Vanderbilt Museum of Art

Charles Samuel Keene, Portrait Sketch of Two Men — **Portrait Sketch of Two Men**
Yale Center for British Art ↗
CC0 · Charles Keene, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Yale Center for British Art

Charles Samuel Keene, Employment — **Employment**1870/91 · Pen and brown ink,with brush and gray wash and touches of white gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, Perspective — **Perspective**1870/91 · Pen and brown ink on buff wove paper, laid down on ivory wove card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, A Cloaked Figure Passing Through the Street (at the Time of the Plague in London) — **A Cloaked Figure Passing Through the Street (at the Time of the Plague in London)**published December 1, 1861 · Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, At the Employment Office — **At the Employment Office**1870/91 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, corrected with white gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, The Potato Harvest — **The Potato Harvest**1877 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash and white gouache, over black chalk, with touches of graphite, on ivory wove paper, laid down on tan wove card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Charles Samuel Keene, A Kind Son — **A Kind Son**1870/91 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on buff wove card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: auction results, Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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