The Cliff - Bay of Saint-Malo

The Cliff - Bay of Saint-Malo by Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medium

Etching, drypoint, roulette, and aquatint with white highlights or scraping; third state of five

Dimensions

Plate: 8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. (22.5 x 29.5 cm) Sheet: 12 5/16 x 17 11/16 in. (31.2 x 45 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Theodore De Witt, 1923

Accession Number

23.65.46

About the Artist

Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 18471898

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...

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