Westminster Bridge
Medium
etching, roulette, and softground on japanese paper
Dimensions
sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. (29.85 x 46.99 cm) plate: 11 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. (28.58 x 40.01 cm)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Margaret Coughlan)
Accession Number
2015.19.3266
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...