Near Gravesend: Souvenir of the Thames

1883

Félix-Hilaire Buhot

Artist, French, 1847 - 1898

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint, aquatint, and roulette on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 25.6 x 34.6 cm (10 1/16 x 13 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 31 x 44.4 cm (12 3/16 x 17 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2017.199.26

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bourcard/Goodfriend 1979, no. 157, State vi/ix (bon-à-tirer impression)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(C. & J. Goodfriend, New York); purchased in 1998 by Helena Gunnarsson, Washington; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Félix Buhot (1847-1898): Prints and Drawings, C. & J. Goodfriend, New York, 1998, no. 48.

2005

  • The Prints of Félix Buhot: Impressions of City and Sea, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2005-2006, no. 41.

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, vi/ix.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: [cadre?] [?] bon à tirer; lower left in image stamped in red: FB (Lugt 977); lower right in plate: CAT. / No. 157 / Souvenir / de la Tamise / TAMES FB [scratched out]/ Environs de Gravesend; by later hand, lower center in graphite: 19; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 6959; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: B [?]/a67529; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: RPG 12355

Markings

Felix Buhot's studio stamp (Lugt 977)

Watermarks

HALLINES (with partial crest)

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