F. H. Townsend

Frederick Henry Townsend ARE (February 25, 1868– December 11, 1920) [1][2] was a British illustrator and cartoonist. He illustrated the second edition of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel Jane Eyre, A Child's History of England and Gryll Grange, and Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of the Seven Gables [3] in 1902. Also an edition (1907) of Kipling's The Brushwood Boy[4] and the 1913 edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of Four. Townsend also contributed cartoons to Punch.[5]

F. H. Townsend cartoon from Punch, 14 January 1914, depicting Winston Churchill

Townsend was a member of the Chelsea Arts Club (since its foundation in 1891) and the Arts Club (from 1908).[6] In later life he became interested in etching and in 1915 he was elected as an associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (ARE),[4] having studied etching under Sir Frank Short about two years earlier.[6]

Works as illustrator

Townsend illustrated the following works:

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References
  1. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/townsend_fh.htm
  2. gutenberg.org. Retrieved 16 November 2008
  3. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/townsend_fh.htm
  4. Peppin, Bridget; Micklethwait, Lucy (1984). "Frederick Henry Linton Jehne Townsend (1868-1920)". Book Illustrators of the Twentieth Century. New York: Arco Publishing Inc. p. 304.
  5. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 28th, 1916, by Various. 1916. p. 431.
  6. "Frederick Henry Townsend ARE (1868-1920)". Chris Beetles Gallery. Retrieved 18 June 2020.


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