Marine: Souvenir of Medway

1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.6 x 21.8 cm (6 9/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 31.6 x 44.5 cm (12 7/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.17

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 153, State v-vi/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's family (Lugt 4244). (Christie's London, June 29, 1978, lot 204); (via P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London); Ruth Cole Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4740); Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 59.

Bibliography

1899

  • Bourcard, Gustave. Felix Buhot: catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre grave. Paris: H. Floury, 1899. Reprint. With additions and revisions by James Goodfriend. New York: Martin Goodfriend, 1979.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: Rochester 1879 FB (in monogram); lower right on plate stamped in red: FB (Lugt 799); by later hand, lower right in graphite: 2; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 153; by later hand, upper right verso in graphite: 403458 - R / 54 FTC(?)

Watermarks

M B M

Wikidata ID

Q75422686

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