La Petite Marine - Souvenir de Medway (counterproof)
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette in black on wove paper [counterproof]
Dimensions
plate: 16.7 x 22 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.) sheet: 22.4 x 33.3 cm (8 13/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.411
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...