NGA - The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea

image: The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City of and Sea

Introduction
Biography of Félix-Hilaire Buhot
Buhot’s Experimental Techniques
Landing in England: state iii/v; state iv/v; state v/v
A Pier in England: state i/viii; state ii/viii; state vii/viii
The Passage: state i/iv; state iii/iv; state iii/iv
Glossary
Exhibition Information

image: Félix-Hilaire Buhot, La Traversée (The Passage), 1879-1885

image: élix-Hilaire, Buhot La Traversée (The Passage), 1879-1885

The Passage

The subject for this print was taken from Buhot’s many ferry crossings between France and England, a common occurrence since his marriage to an English woman. The print, made in France in 1885, was executed from sketches Buhot made earlier in England in 1879.