Le soir même... (The same evening...), 1878

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series Title

Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Le Chevalier Destouches" [Bourcard 91-95]

Medium

etching, drypoint, and roulette in black on moderately thick cream wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.5 x 17.4 cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8 in.)

sheet: 15.2 x 20.2 cm (6 x 7 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 92, State iii/v

Accession Number

1943.3.9574

Artists / Makers

Félix-Hilaire Buhot (artist) French, 1847 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center below central image in plate: Felix Buhot inv. sct; lower left in plate: Le soir même, a la tombee, nous vimes arriver, sous des / deguisements divers....une grande quantité de nos gens; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: EEL894

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.