Gillingham Pier, London [verso]

Gillingham Pier, London [verso] by Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medium

graphite and black chalk on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 5.5 x 17.4 cm (2 3/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

Accession Number

1995.54.64.b

About the Artist

Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 18471898

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...

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