La Place des Martyrs et La Taverne du Bagne (The Place des Martyrs and the Jailhouse Tavern)
Medium
etching, aquatint, lift-ground aquatint, drypoint, roulette, and burnishing in brown-black, with selective wiping, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 33.7 x 44.9 cm (13 1/4 x 17 11/16 in.) sheet: 37.8 x 56.7 cm (14 7/8 x 22 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.7
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...