La Traversée (The Passage)
1879-1885
Medium
etching, drypoint, roulette, and softground etching (?) in black on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 32 x 23.9 cm (12 5/8 x 9 7/16 in.) sheet: 43.2 x 31.2 cm (17 x 12 5/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.60
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...