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In the Provinces -- The House of Orléans (Valognes)

In the Provinces -- The House of Orléans (Valognes) by Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medium

Etching and aquatint; second state of two

Dimensions

Plate: 5 5/16 x 3 9/16 in. (13.5 x 9 cm) Sheet: 13 9/16 x 9 5/8 in. (34.5 x 24.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962

Accession Number

62.650.163

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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