Marine: Souvenir of Medway
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 16.6 x 21.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.) sheet: 27.5 x 35.5 cm (10 13/16 x 14 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
2005.152.7
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...