La Place Pigalle en 1878 (Place Pigalle in 1878)
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette in black on toned paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.9 x 35 cm (10 3/16 x 13 3/4 in.) sheet: 29.9 x 39.5 cm (11 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1238
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...