Frederick Townsend

A pen and ink illustration for “Punch” magazine signed and dated 1919 bottom right of image with the address of the Punch office’s on the back in ink. Frederick Henry Linton Jehne Townsend was born in London 1868 and studied at the Lambeth School of Art. He was contributing figure drawings to Punch from 1903. He became the magazine’s first Art Editor in 1905.He was a prolific illustrator of books and contributed to many magazine’s from c.1889 to 1920. Examples of his work held V&A.BM.Exhibited FAS;NEA;New Gallery;RA;RBA;RSA. Ref;Houfe;Sketchley;R.G.G.Price, A History of Punch 1957.