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“ b e f o r e t h e r a c e, En g l a n d” ; a d r a w i n g b y Co n s t a n t i n g u y s (1802-1892), s t a f f “t h e l a n d a u w i t h f o u r h o r s e s” ; a c h a r a c t e r i s t i c d r a w i n g b y Co n s t a n t i n g u y s A R TIST O F “ T H E IL L U S T R A T E D LO ND ON N E W S ” D U R IN G T H E CR IM EA N W A R . (.Pen and Water-Colour.) FROM T H E E X H IB IT IO N D EV O TED TO H IS W ORK AT F L U S H IN G . (Pen and Water-Colour.)
“ PO R TR A IT O F A W OM AN ” ; A D R A W IN G B Y G U Y S , W HO W A S, “ TW O W O M EN ” ; A CH A R A C T ER ISTIC G U Y S D R A W -A BOV E -ALL T H IN G S , T H E P -A IN T E R OF T H E L IF E OF H IS TIM E INC. OF TW O W E L L -D R E S S E D A N D E L E G A N T L A D IE S i n a l l i t s a s p e c t s. (Pen and wash.) i n v o l u m i n o u s c r i n o l i n e s. (Water-colour.)
“ T H E O R IE N T A L G IR L ” ; A D R A W IN G W H IC H R ECA LLS TH A T CO N STA N TIN G U Y S T R A V E L L E D W ID E L Y IN T U R K E Y A N D
E G Y P T . (Pen and water-colour.)
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“ T H E CA FE TER R A C E ” ; O N E OF T H E M ANY B R IL L IA N T D R A W IN G S W H IC H CO NSTANTIN G U Y S M AD E O F FA S H IO N A B L E L IF E IN P A R IS , W H E R E H E L IV E D FROM 1855-1860.
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“ C O N ST A N T IN G U Y S IN CO NV ERSA TIO N W IT H S IST E R S O F C H A R ITY (ST. B E N O IT ) AT T H E PERA H O SPIT A L , CO N ST A N T IN O PL E ” ; BASIS O F A D R A W IN G P U B L IS H E D IN “ T H E ILLU S T R A T E D
LO N D O N N E W S ” O F Se p t e m b e r 30, 1854. (Pen, wash and water-colour.)
THE CONSTANTIN GUYS EXHIBITION AT FLUSHING : BRILLIANT DRAWINGS BY “ THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ” STAFF ARTIST DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR ; SHOWN IN HIS NATIVE TOWN.
C onstantin Guys (1802-1892). brilliant draughtsm an and w ater-colourist who acted as staff a rtist for The Illustrated London News during the Crimean W ar, just 100 years ago, was born a t Flushing ; and his m em ory has been honoured by an exhibition in his native tow n of 130 exam ples of his work. It opened in July and closes to-m orrow A ugust 22. The oeuvre of Guys consists entirely of drawings and water-colours, an d in the course of his adventurous life (he fought in Greece together with Lord Byron in 1823-24) he travelled in Spain, Turkey, E gypt and Germany, making drawings for The Illustrated London News, and he also recorded life in Paris and London during the Victorian period with brilliance and fidelity. He was th e subject of three notable articles by Charles Baudelaire in the Figaro
in 1863, in which the poet referred to him as “ le peintre de la vie moderne." The drawings in the Flushing exhibition—-th e first in the N etherlands to be devoted to him —have been lent by both public galleries and private collectors. The self-portrait of Cuys w ith two Sisters of C harity in the French t -p .-i! at Pera, Constantinople, during the Crimean W ar, was the basis of a awing 'blished | in our issue of Septem ber 30, 1854. In this connection i* interesting to recall th a t the Sisters of Mercy who staffed the Hospit-'*'0' *t. John and St. Elizabeth (now in Grove End Road), when it was fo u n d e ' "? were ten of th e Sisters of Charity from Bermondsey who had vo lu r V1® suggestion of Cardinal Manning, for the Crimea ; and had joined F’"’rence Nightingale s com pany of nurses.
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