La Place Pigalle en 1878 (Place Pigalle in 1878)
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette with burnishing on turpentine soaked japan paper
Dimensions
plate: 24.9 x 33.7 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.) sheet: 26.8 x 34.2 cm (10 9/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Jane C. Carey in memory of her mother, Mrs. Addie Burr Clark
Accession Number
1951.13.5
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...