Un Thé de Douairières (The Dowagers' Tea Party)

1879/1880

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, and aquatint (dust ground and spirit ground) in black on Japanese paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 x 11.4 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 23.7 x 16.5 cm (9 5/16 x 6 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.54.42

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 99, State v/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James Goodfriend, New York; Helena Gunnarsson, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 1995.

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.

Inscriptions

lower center in margin in plate: Felix Buhot inv sc; lower left in plate: Un The de Douairieres; lower center below plate mark stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); by later hand, lower left in graphite: P. 2 (crossed out) 1; by later hand, lower right in graphite: B/G 99 v/vii; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: 61; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: APG 6931/10

Wikidata ID

Q75393960

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