Adresse de Labric
Medium
etching, engraving, and aquatint in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate (extends beyond sheet on left): 19.8 x 24.5 cm (7 13/16 x 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 22.1 x 30.6 cm (8 11/16 x 12 1/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.31
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...