Convoi Funèbre au Boulevard de Clichy (Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy)
Medium
heliogravure, etching, aquatint, and drypoint with burnishing in blue-green and brown-black on toned wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 29.9 x 39.9 cm (11 3/4 x 15 11/16 in.) sheet: 32.2 x 45.2 cm (12 11/16 x 17 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1236
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...