Les Petites Chaumières (Thatched Cottages--Small Plate)
Medium
etching, aquatint and drypoint on parchment
Dimensions
plate: 9.5 x 13.2 cm (3 3/4 x 5 3/16 in.) sheet: 22.3 x 28.2 cm (8 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Miss Elisabeth Achelis
Accession Number
1942.6.25
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...