Who created "Court Scene"?

Court Scene was created by Charles Samuel Keene in 1870/91.

When was "Court Scene" created?

This artwork was created 1870/91.

Court Scene

Q: What medium is "Court Scene"?

Court Scene is Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and touches of white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on card.

Charles Samuel Keene

1870/91

Medium

Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash and touches of white gouache, over traces of black chalk, on cream wove paper, laid down on card

Dimensions

15.4 × 23.3 cm (6 1/8 × 9 3/16 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

46010

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...

Court Scene

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