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Self-portrait of Charles Keene reading some horrifying news in the paper — Portrait of himself, in lieu of letter to Mr. Mills, expressing his horror at news contained in an accompanying cutting dealing with a failure of one of his investments.

Artist

Name:: Keene, Charles
Dates:: 1823-1891
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Humor, People
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Getty Research Institute, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: The life and letters of Charles Samuel Keene
Author(s):: Layard, George Somes
Publisher:: London, New York: Macmillan and Co., Sampson Low, Marston & Company, Limited, 1892
Open Library:: View record.

Description

Self-portrait of Charles Keene reading some horrifying news in the paper.

Keywords: 1890s, 19th century, black & white, drawing, horror, portrait, reading, Victorian