After Dulwich, with the contrarian obstinacy that would characterize his later life, Townend rejected the opportunity to go to Cambridge. He enrolled in a London art school, whence he tried, and failed, to have a career as a commercial artist of the kind that pop up throughout Wodehouse's stories. To help his friend, Wodehouse commissioned him to draw the (rather wooden) illustrations to his sixth novel, The White Feather, and went to elaborate lengths to involve him in his own early successes.
(R. McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life, p. 34)
I hadn't had a chance to see these illustrations for myself until Google Books uploaded a digitized copy of the first edition of The White Feather here. I'm in no way qualified to pass judgment on the quality of Townend's drawings, but for what it's worth the human figures do seem to me a little stiff, with movements that feel somewhat awkward and unnatural. This cartoon which appeared in the October 1906 issue of The Captain gives the same impression:
[I would feel more confident judging Townend's narrative. Many of his stories and a couple of novels are available online. I've been compiling a preliminary bibliography with links, which for the moment can be found in the Drafts & WIP page on the right. I found some of the stories actually gripping and well-written, within the limits of the adventure genre, meant for light magazine reading with few artistic pretensions. Their main attraction is the atmosphere of his sea stories, drawn from Townend's personal experiences.]
Here are the illustrations for The White Feather with their captions:
