La Fête nationale au Boulevard Clichy (National Holiday on the Boulevard de Clichy)
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, stop-out, foul-bite, and softground etching in black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 31.4 x 23.7 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.) sheet: 39.7 x 28.4 cm (15 5/8 x 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.33
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...