The Jobourg Church
Medium
Etching, aquatint, lift ground, and spirit aquatint on laid paper; counterproof, first state of three
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 13/16 in. (22.5 x 32.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of James N. Rosenberg, 1954
Accession Number
57.609.27
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...