Keene

Keene, Charles Samuel, was born at Hornsey in 1823, being the son of a solicitor in whose footsteps he was trained to follow. A marked gift for drawing led his mother to transfer him to an architect's office, whence he passed to the workshop of the Whympers, famous wood-engravers. His apprenticeship over, he at once found work on The Illustrated News, Once a Week, and other papers. For ten years he had been an occasional contributor to Punch, but did not join the staff until 1860. when he to some extent filled the gap left by John Leech. He died in 1891.