Félix Hilaire Buhot

Westminster Bridge

Maker

Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847-1898)

Title

Westminster Bridge

Year

1884

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching, drypoint, Roulette

Supports

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)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Charles Z. Offin Fund

Object Number

83.020

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

Altered States
Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
Jun 30, 2017 – Dec 03, 2017

Label copy

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
Jun 21, 1985 – Sep 08, 1985

Image use

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847-1898)
Westminster Bridge, 1884
Etching, drypoint, aquatint, roulette, and spit bite on cream-colored, slightly textured laid paper
Image/plate: 28.6 x 39.9 cm (11 1/4 x 15 11/16 inches)
Gift of the Charles Z. Offin Fund 83.020

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