Frederick
Henry Townsend
was born in London
in 1868. He studied at Lambeth School of Art
where a fellow student was Leonard Raven-Hill.
Townsend contributed to several newspapers and magazine including
The Daily Chronicle, Punch
Magazine, The Graphic, The
Tatler and The Illustrated London
News. Books illustrated by Townsend included Maid
Marian (1895), Jane Eyre
(1896), Shirley (1897), A
Tale of Two Cities (1897), The
Scarlet Letter (1897) and Rob
Roy (1897).
In 1905 Townsend became the first Art Editor of Punch
Magazine. He also contributed cartoons including the famous
No Thoroughfare after the German
invasion of Belgium. Frederick
Henry Townsend died while playing golf in 1920. He was replaced
by Frank Reynolds as Punch's Art Editor.
F. H. Townsend, Punch
Magazine (August, 1914)
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