A Jetty in England

A Jetty in England by Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medium

Drypoint and roulette; first state of eight

Dimensions

Plate: 11 13/16 x 7 7/8 in. (30 x 20 cm) Sheet: 14 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. (36 x 24.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of David Keppel, 1921

Accession Number

21.16.11

About the Artist

Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 18471898

Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...

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