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Browne, Hablot K(night), pseudonym Phiz 1815-82
English illustrator

Born in Kennington, London, he was apprenticed to a line-engraver, but soon started etching and watercolour painting, and in 1833 gained a medal from the Society of Arts for an etching of 'John Gilpin'. In 1836 he became illustrator of The Pickwick Papers, and he maintained his reputation by his designs for other works by Dickens. His son, Gordon F Browne (1858-1932), was a well-known book illustrator.