Un Débarquement en Angleterre (Landing in England)

1879

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image shows a dock scene during a stormy evening. The perspective is slightly elevated, capturing a view of the bustling dock with tall masts and flagpoles against a turbulent sky. The style features intricate line work, conveying movement and atmosphere. The color palette is somber and moody, with deep grays and blacks dominating the scene. Figures with umbrellas walk along the wet pier, with a dog nearby. In the distance, other figures and structures fade into the darkness.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground), roulette, and burnishing in black on oatmeal paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.7 x 21.7 cm (13 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1248

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 130, State v/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • An Impressionist View on Paper - from the Lessing Rosenwald Collection of the National Gallery, Washington, D.C, Art Gallery at the University of Notre Dame, 1971, no. 5.

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 12.

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 78, as Landing in England.

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 49, as Landing in England.

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 left in plate: Debarquement en Angleterre; lower right in plate: Felix Buhot. aq. f. 1879; lower center stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977)

Wikidata ID

Q64955931

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