Spirits of Dead Cities (Les Esprits des Villes Mortes)
1860–98
Medium
Etching, roulette, and drypoint; second state of six
Dimensions
Plate: 11 5/16 x 15 3/8 in. (28.8 x 39 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 x 17 13/16 in. (31 x 45.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of David Keppel, 1921
Accession Number
21.16.6
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...