Charles Samuel Keene book illustrator and etcher was articled to Charles Whymper the wood engraver and in 1852 set up on his own as a freelance illustrator working for various magazines. Between c.1855 and c.1870, he produced around thirty etchings. He became a member of the Junior Etching Club around the middle 1850’s and contributed etchings to a couple of their publications. A memorial exhibition was held of the artists work at the Fine Arts Society in 1891. Collections of his work held in the Ashmolean, BM, Fitzwilliam, V & AM. etc. Ref, Houfe p. 358. Guichard p.45.