Les Voisins de Campagne (Country Neighbors)
1879/1880
Medium
etching, aquatint, and drypoint in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 13.5 x 18.3 cm (5 5/16 x 7 3/16 in.) sheet: 15.7 x 20.7 cm (6 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.1244
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...