La Fête nationale au Boulevard Clichy (National Holiday on the Boulevard de Clichy)
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, stop-out, foul-bite, and soft-ground etching in black ink (main subject) and in brownish-black ink (margin illustrations)on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.7 x 23.9 cm (12 1/2 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 53.6 x 37.7 cm (21 1/8 x 14 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen
Accession Number
2012.92.13
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...