Working-class illustrator. Pseudonym: “C.” Born in Ramsgate, Kent to German parents.
Educated at Leigh’s Schools of Art. Contributed to *Punch*, *The Illustrated Midland
News*, and *The Sunday Magazine*. Lived in Epsom, Surrey, and London. Illustrator
of *Stories told to a Child* by Jean Ingelow. Author of *The New Table Book; Pictures
for Young and Old Parties* (1867). Biographical information: Joseph Swain, “Frederick
Eltze,” in *Good Words for 1889*, Donald Macleod D. D., editor, Isbister and Company,
1889, p. 671-677. (CC)