Near Gravesend: Souvenir of the Thames
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 25.6 x 34.6 cm (10 1/16 x 13 5/8 in.) sheet: 31 x 44.4 cm (12 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
2017.199.26
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...