Un Débarquement en Angleterre
Medium
etching, drypoint, aquatint, roulette, and spirit ground on antique paper
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.416
Art Historical Context
**Un Débarquement en AngleterreA Landing in England)** created by French printmaker Félix-Hilaireot in 1879, captures a bustling scene of arrival on English shores. Buhot, a master of 19th-century etching renowned for his innovative "pe-graveur" style, blended painterly effects with printmaking precision. This work reflects the era's fascination with travel and cross-Channel exchanges between France and Britain, evoking the lively ports and migrations of the post-Franco-Prussian War period. What sets this print apart is Buhot's virtuoso use of multiple techniques—etching, drypoint, aquatint, ...
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...