Title Page for "Lettres de Mon Moulin"
c. 1885
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), spit bite, and roulette in black on Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.6 x 11.3 cm (6 15/16 x 4 7/16 in.) sheet: 30.4 x 20.9 cm (11 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.2
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...