He began to exhibit at the Salon in 1887 but moved back to London when he was appointed as the art editor of Pick-Me-Up.

In 1893 he founded, with Arnold Golsworthy, the humorous and artistic monthly The Butterfly (1893–94, revived in 1899–1900) but began his most prominent association with a publication when his drawings appeared in Punch in December 1895.

He also illustrated a number of books including Raven-Hill published the impressions of his visit to India on the occasion of the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales as An Indian Sketch-Book (1903) and his other published sketch-books include Our Battalion (1902) and The Promenaders (1894).

[5] In his later years his eyesight began to fail and Raven-Hill died on 31 March 1942 at Ryde on the Isle of Wight,[2][3] and was buried with his first wife at the churchyard attached to St Helen's Church.

[6] His obituary in the New York Times describes him as the "last great Victorian artist", and states he was known for "his sense of character and humor and sound draftsmanship".