The Little Marine -- Souvenir of Medway

The Little Marine -- Souvenir of Medway by Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Medium

Etching; prior to first state (?) of six

Dimensions

Plate: 6 1/2 x 8 11/16 in. (16.5 x 22 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 x 17 11/16 in. (31.5 x 45 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of David Keppel, 1921

Accession Number

21.16.18

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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