A Squall at Trouville

A Squall at Trouville by Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medium

Etching, aquatint, and roulette; fourth of seven states

Dimensions

Plate: 6 5/16 x 9 7/16 in. (16 x 24 cm) Sheet: 12 x 17 11/16 in. (30.5 x 45 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Anne Stern Gift, 1976

Accession Number

1976.501.3

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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