La Place Pigalle en 1878 (Place Pigalle in 1878)
Medium
etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette with burnishing on turpentine soaked japan paper
Dimensions
plate: 24.9 x 33.7 cm (9 13/16 x 13 1/4 in.) sheet: 26.8 x 34.2 cm (10 9/16 x 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Jane C. Carey in memory of her mother, Mrs. Addie Burr Clark
Accession Number
1951.13.5
Rights
Public Domain
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...