La Place des Martyrs et La Taverne du Bagne (The Place des Martyrs and the Jailhouse Tavern)

1885

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Associated Names
Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

The image depicts an urban scene with the illumination of the "Taverne du Bagne" dominating the foreground. The surrounding area is filled with tall buildings and a crowd of people socializing near the taverne. The artwork features intricate line work and cross-hatching techniques, creating depth and texture through expressive brushstrokes. The color scheme is primarily brown and sepia, giving a vintage feel, with silhouettes of people against the building's lights. In the background, dense urban architecture can be seen with windows and signs, and bare trees are visible on the sides.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, aquatint, lift-ground aquatint, drypoint, roulette, and burnishing in brown-black, with selective wiping, on cream laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.7 x 44.9 cm (13 1/4 x 17 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 37.8 x 56.7 cm (14 7/8 x 22 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.54.7

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 163, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

by later hand, lower right below plate mark in graphite: premier état; lower right in plate: FELIX BUHOT_Nov._1885; lower center with red stamp: FB (Lugt 977); lower right in plate (vertically): O Forçats!; across bottom in plate: Pendant ... labeurs / Eternels ... chaines / Ayant ... gehennes / Et ... rancoeurs / O Forçats! ... inspire / C'est ... désepoirs / Ici ... rire / Et ... comptoirs; by later hand, lower left in graphite: Cat 163 I / La Taverne du Bagne; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 614003; by later hand, upper right in graphite: R741; by later hand, lower right in graphite: [tls-]; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 836/[?]; by later hand, right verso in graphite: [... et Dercioux jaune et le ... ]

Wikidata ID

Q75394112

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