Constantin Guys - At the Theater (Au foyer du théatre; Ladies and Gentlemen) - Walters 372382
Summary
Constantin Guys (French, 1802-1892). 'At the Theater (Au foyer du th�atre; Ladies and Gentlemen),' n.d.. watercolor with ink wash and pen and ink on cream, moderately thick, slightly textured wove paper. Walters Art Museum (37.2382): Bequest of Philip B. Perlman, 1960.
Constantin Guys (1802—1892) cartoonist and comic illustrator who depicted the fashionable world of the French Second Empire (1852–70). A fighter for Greek independence in his youth, Guys reported the Crimean War (1853–56) for The Illustrated London News.
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Date
1860 - 1892
Source
Walters Art Museum
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