Convoi Funèbre au Boulevard de Clichy (Funeral Procession on the Boulevard de Clichy)
Medium
color etching, drypoint, aquatint, roulette, and softground, over heliogravure, hand-touched in watercolor and gold on turpentine soaked japan paper
Dimensions
plate: 30 x 39.7 cm (11 13/16 x 15 5/8 in.) sheet: 35.1 x 48.2 cm (13 13/16 x 19 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Jacob Kainen
Accession Number
2002.98.219
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...