Guy Wilthew [SEP] place of death
Guy Wilthew
Guy Wilthew, real name Gerard Herbert Guy Smith, is an English artist born on 31 January 1876 in Shortland Grove, Beckenham and died in 1920 in Le Faouët.
Biography.
Guy Wilthew settled in Faouët, a small village which attracted many artists to it. Here he married the daughter of a local artist Louis Le Leuxhe. Her name was Marguerite. They had three children, Guy, Armelle and Marguerite and eventually moved to Vannes. Wilthew was the great grandfather of Louise Bourgoin.
Works
. Conservation Research Report 1996/1, The British Museum, London.
- Thickett, D., and M.Hockey. 2003. The effects of conservation treatments on the subsequent tarnishing of silver. In Conservation science 2002, eds. J.Townsend, K.Eremin, and A.Adriaens. London: Archetype Publications Ltd.155–161.
- Wilthew, P.1981. The effect of cleaning treatments on the long term tarnishing of silver. Conservation Research report III 13, The British Museum, London.
- Vanessa Cheel, Peter Northover, Chris Salter, Donna Stevens,