Montmartre le 14 Juillet (Bastille Day in Montmartre)
Medium
transfer lithograph with added crayon, ink, scraping, and stumping on the stone in black on heavy wove paper
Dimensions
image: 32.1 x 49.2 cm (12 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.) sheet: 41 x 55.3 cm (16 1/8 x 21 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.58
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...