Environs de Gravesend

1883

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a harbor scene from a high vantage point. The horizon is high, with a skyline of various ships, including a dominant sailing ship on the right and smaller boats. The etching style features detailed linear brushstrokes for texture on water, sky, ships, and structures. The color palette is mainly sepia tones. A figure stands on a dock looking at the water, where boats are tied. Smoke rises from ships in the distance, blending with the cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint and aquatint on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Penn Lupovich

  • Dimensions

    plate: 26.8 x 34.7 cm (10 9/16 x 13 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 30.8 x 42.8 cm (12 1/8 x 16 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.86.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 157, State ii/ix

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Penn Lupovich, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

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: no. 157, ii/ix

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: FB / Souvenir / de la Tamise / Environs de Gravesend; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 157; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 00037

Markings

Buhot's stamp (L. 977)

Wikidata ID

Q76441128

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