biography
pronunciation:
[geez]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1802–92)
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| biography:
| Illustrator and draughtsman, born in Vlissingen, The Netherlands. A widely-travelled correspondent for French and English illustrated newspapers, he became known for his witty drawings of 19th-c society and fashions. Baudelaire described him as ‘le peintre de la vie moderne’. |
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