Croquis de'Enfants (Sketches of Children)
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
1826 to 1850
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 10.6 x 14.9 cm (4 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 20.2 x 25 cm (7 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Daniel Bell and Pearl K. Bell
Accession Number
2006.68.9
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...