A cette lueur soudaine... (In the sudden gleam of light...), 1878

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series Title

Barbey d'Aurevilly's "Le Chevalier Destouches" [Bourcard 91-95]

Medium

etching, drypoint, and softground etching (for the grainy texture in the sky) in black on Japanese paper

Dimensions

plate: 17.6 x 11.5 cm (6 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.)

sheet: 22.1 x 14.8 cm (8 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 93, State iv/vi

Accession Number

1943.3.9573

Artists / Makers

Félix-Hilaire Buhot (artist) French, 1847 - 1898

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center below central image in plate: Felix Buhot inv. sct; lower left in plate: A cette Lueur Soudaine un frisson de Terreur.....p 168; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: (EE2894)

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Rosenwald, Lessing Julius

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.