The Country Neighbors (Les Voisins de Campagne)
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
1860–98
Medium
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint on laid paper; fourth state of six
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Edna H. Sachs, 1964
Accession Number
64.695.2
Tags
RainWomenHousesMenUmbrellas
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...