A Squall at Trouville
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 · 1847–1898
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...