Marine: Souvenir of Medway

1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts a sailboat sailing on a choppy sea, with a low horizon separating the water from the sky. The style is detailed and resembles an etching, using fine lines to show the movement of clouds and the rocky shoreline. The color scheme is black and white, creating contrast and a dramatic mood. Dark clouds fill the sky in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 16.6 x 21.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27.5 x 35.5 cm (10 13/16 x 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2005.152.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 153, State vii (undescribed)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; partial gift to NGA 2005.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 61.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q76339365

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