Who created "At the Employment Office"?

At the Employment Office was created by Charles Samuel Keene in 1870/91.

When was "At the Employment Office" created?

This artwork was created 1870/91.

At the Employment Office

Q: What medium is "At the Employment Office"?

At the Employment Office is Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, corrected with white gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on card.

Charles Samuel Keene

1870/91

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, corrected with white gouache, on tan wove paper, laid down on card

Dimensions

14.7 × 22.1 cm (5 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

45990

About the Artist

Charles Samuel Keene

Charles Samuel Keene (1823–1891) was born on 10 August 1823 in Hornsey, Middlesex, the son of solicitor Samuel Browne Keene and Mary Sparrow. Following his father's early death, young Charles was educated at Ipswich School until age sixteen, then briefly articled to a London solicitor before transferring to the office of architect William Pilkington. Finding these pursuits uncongenial, he apprenti...

At the Employment Office

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