Richard Keene

At the age of three, Keene moved with his family to Derby when his father became the manager of Frost's Silk Mill.

[2] He married Mary Barrow in 1851 and had eight children in total, five sons and 3 daughters, living in Radbourne Street, Derby.

[4] Keene established a portrait studio and 'Repository of Arts' selling photographs prints and stereoscopic viewers.

He was invited to become a member of The Linked Ring,[8] an exclusive group of photographers committed to promoting artistic principles in photography.

[9] Fellow members included Henry Peach Robinson, Frank Sutcliffe and Alfred Stieglitz.