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Félix Hilaire Buhot

Westminster Bridge, 1884

Description

Maker

Félix Hilaire Buhot, 1847-1898, French

Title

Westminster Bridge

Year

1884

Medium

Etching, drypoint, aquatint, roulette, and spit bite on cream-colored, slightly textured laid paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Supports

Light weight cream Oriental laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 28.6 x 39.9 cm (11 1/4 x 15 11/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed and inscribed, in pencil, below image at center: épreuve d'artiste / Felix Buhot.

Identification

State

vi/viii (trial proof)

Type

Credit

Gift of the Charles Z. Offin Fund

Object Number

83.020

Projects & Publications

Publications

Altered States

Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris

Read Online

A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

Exhibition History

Buhot’s “symphonic margins” featured evocative designs, a scene the artist likely saw in London. A bustling street view is surrounded by decorative images that fade in and out of recognition—an effect enhanced by the artist’s practice of wiping the ink on his plates by hand to achieve painterly effects.

Master Prints from the Permanent Collection

June 21 - September 8, 1985

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