Who created "Café Scene"?

Café Scene was created by Charles Samuel Keene in 1870/91.

When was "Café Scene" created?

This artwork was created 1870/91.

Café Scene

Q: What medium is "Café Scene"?

Café Scene is Pen and brown ink, corrected with white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper.

Charles Samuel Keene

1870/91

Medium

Pen and brown ink, corrected with white gouache, on cream wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

16.2 × 20 cm (6 7/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Classification

pen and ink drawings

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

45984

About the Artist

Charles Samuel Keene

Charles Samuel Keene (1823–1891) was born on 10 August 1823 in Hornsey, Middlesex, the son of solicitor Samuel Browne Keene and Mary Sparrow. Following his father's early death, young Charles was educated at Ipswich School until age sixteen, then briefly articled to a London solicitor before transferring to the office of architect William Pilkington. Finding these pursuits uncongenial, he apprenti...

Café Scene

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