“ Mr Keene was of so retiring a disposition that, as far as he could prevent it, no drawing of his were ever sold or exhibited in public. He was essentially the artist of the middle and lower classes, and drew with unerring and not unkindly appreciation the well-to-do city man, and the gay young clerk, the medical student, the old lady of the omnibus, the railway porter, the cabdriver., 'Arry and 'Arriet, and the street ragamuffin. ”

“ The only artistic training Mr Keene ever received was at the Life School, then situated in Clipstone street, Fitzroy square, but which has since removed to Langham Studios. His last drawing in "Punch" appeared on August 15th of last year, and was entitled "Arry on the Boulevards." ”

“ He died on Sunday morning at the residence of his sister at Hammersmith, Mr Keenr who never married, was born at Hornsey in 1823, and received his education at the grammar school in Ipswich, on leaving school he entered the office of his father, a solicitor in Furinval's Inn. ”