Country Neighbors (Les Voisins de Campagne)
1860–98
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint on laid paper; third state of six
Dimensions
Plate: 5 5/16 x 7 3/16 in. (13.5 x 18.2 cm) Sheet: 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in. (18.8 x 24.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1966
Accession Number
67.630.64
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...