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- Description
- 110 prints : etching, aquatint, drypoint, roulette; 39.4 x 45 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Views of Paris, Folkestone, Gravesend, Rochester, Saint-Mâlo, and the Thames and Medway Rivers, including representations of geese, ghosts, owls, sheep , steamboats, swans, trains and umbrellas. In a number of prints, Buhot explores effects of rain, snow or wind. B127 depicts Bastille Day celebrations. B173 depicts a papal tiara executed by Froment-Meurice for Leo XIII.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Cityscape prints – French – 19th century.
- Landscape prints – French – 19th century.
- Waterscape prints – French – 19th century.
- Cancellation proofs.
- Counterproofs.
- Etchings – French – 19th century.
- Remarques.
- Trial proofs.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Dates from Gustave Bourcard & James Goodfriend, Félix Buhot catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre gravé (1979), p. 71, 113. Some prints dated in plate, or in pencil, by the artist.
- Prints are in multiple states, sometimes including more than one impression of a given state with variations in ink, paper, etc. Includes counterproofs of B170, B172 and cancellation proof of B147. In some cases the paper was treated by the artist with turpentine, gasoline or kerosene, or one of these substances was mixed with the printing ink. Such printsare designated "épreuves à l'essence". Preliminary states frequently include elaborate remarques or marginal sketches, which Buhot called "marges symphoniques".
- Includes a reduced lithographic reproduction of the 6th state of B164, inscribed to Frederick Keppel.
- Some proofs include extensive notes in pencil by the artist. States specified by the artist do not always correspond to those described by bourcard & Goodfriend.
- Access (note)
- Cite As (note)
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Holdings checked in departmental copy of Gustave Bourcard & James Goodfriend, F'elix Buhot catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre grav'e (1979)
- Provenance (note)
- Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. Impressions of B154, B167, B172 & B173 were formerly in the collection of Frederick Keppel & are inscribed to him by the artist.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
- Contents
- B122. Un grain de Trouville (2nd state) -- B123. Une matinée d'hiver au Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu (3rd state) -- B123. Une matinée d'hiver au Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu (3rd state, "épreuve à l'essence de terebinthe")
- B124. Frontispice pour L'Illustration nouvelle 1877 (4th state) -- B125. Le retour des artistes (3rd state) -- B125. Le retour des artistes (4th state) -- B126. L'Embarcadère à Trouville (1st state) -- B126. L'Embarcadère à Trouville (3rd state) -- B126. L'Embarcadère à Trouville (4th state) -- B127. La fête nationale au Boulevard de Clichy (3rd state) -- B127. La fête nationale au Boulevard de Clichy (4th state) -- B127. La fête nationale au Boulevard de Clichy (7th state) -- B128. L'Hiver à Paris ou La neige à Paris (3rd state, "épreuve d'essence") -- B128. L'Hiver à Paris ou La neige à Paris (4th state) -- B128. L'Hiver à Paris ou La neige à Paris (8th state) -- B129. La Place Pigalle en 1878 (3rd state?) -- B129. La Place Pigalle en 1878 (5th state) -- B129. La Place Pigalle en 1878 (6th state) -- B130. Un débarquement en Angleterre (4th state) -- B130. Un débarquement en Angleterre (5th state) -- B130. Un débarquement en Angleterre (5th state, "Eprueve tiré très specialement pour une Reproduction sur Bois") -- B131. Les marges du Débarquement (No. 1) -- B131. Les marges du Débarquement (No. 2) -- B131. Les marges du Débarquement (No. 3) -- B131. Les marges du Débarquement (No. 4) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (1st state) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (2nd state) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre 3rd state, with brush, ink and gouache additions)
- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (4th state) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (5th state) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (6th state) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (7th state) -- B132. Une jetée en Angleterre (8th state) -- B133. Chaumières anglaises -- B143. La traversée (1st state) -- B144. La dame aux cygnes (3rd state) -- B145. L'Orage (2nd state) -- B145. L'Orage (4th state) -- B146. Le peintre de marine (2nd state) -- B146. Le peintre de marine (3rd state) -- B147. Un vieux chantier à Rochester (2nd state) -- B147. Un vieux chantier à Rochester (erd state, cancellation proof) -- B148. Les voisins de campagne (3rd state) -- B148. Les voisins de campagne (4th state) -- B148. Les voisins de campagne (5th state) -- B149. Les petites chaumières (4th state) -- B150. Les grandes chaumières (4th state) -- B150. Les grandes chaumières (5th state) -- B150. Les grandes chaumières (5th state, another impression) -- B151. Les bergeries, soleil couchant (4th state) -- B152. La chapelle Saint-Michel à l'Estre (3rd state) -- B152. La chapelle Saint-Michel à l'Estre (4th state) -- B152bis. La Chapelle Saint-Michel à l'Estre (on zinc) (1st state) -- B152bis. La chapelle Saint-Michel à l'Estre (on zinc) (2nd state) -- B153. La petite marine - souvenir de Medway (2nd state) -- B153. La petite marine - souvenir de Medway (5th state, "epr. tiré à l'essence de térébinthe")
- B153. La petite marine - souvenir de Medway (5th state) -- B154. Le petit enterrement (2nd state, printed in black) -- B154. Le petit enterrement (2nd state, printed in sepia) -- B154. Le petit enterrement (2nd state, printed in blue) -- B154. Le petit enterrement (2nd state, printed in blue & gold) -- B155. Westminster Palace (1st state) -- B155. Westminster Palace (5th state) -- B156. Westminster Bridge or Westminster Clock Tower (1st state) -- B156. Westminster Bridge or Westminster Clock Tower (6th state) -- B156. Westminster Bridge or Westminster Clock Tower (7th state) -- B157. Environs de Gravesend (4th state) -- B157. Environs de Gravesend (6th state) -- B158. Matinée d'hiver sur les quais (5th state) -- B160. Les esprits des villes mortes (4th state) -- B162. Le port aux mouettes (2nd state) -- B162. Le port aux mouettes (2nd state, counterproof) -- B162. Le port aux mouettes (5th state) -- B164. Frontispice pour Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, de Henri Béraldi (2nd state) -- B164. Frontispice pour Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, de Henri Béraldi (6th state) -- B164. Frontispice pour Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, de Henri Béraldi (7th state) -- B165. La falaise - baie de Saint-Malo (2nd state, "epr. tiré à l'essence") -- B165. La falaise - baie de Saint-Malo (2nd state, with false margins) -- B165. La falaise - baie de Saint-Mao (2nd state, another empression) -- B166. Les oies (1st state)
- B166. Les oies (2nd state, "tiré à l'essence") -- B166. Les oies (4th state, with graphite notes and sketches) -- B166. Les oies (5th state) -- B166. Les oies (5th state, another impression, "tiré à l'essence") -- B167. Baptême japonais (1st state) -- B167. Baptême japonais (1st state, another impression) -- B167. Baptême japonais (2nd state, in bistre) -- B167. Baptême japonais (2nd state, portrait in bistre, remainder in black) -- B168. Le château des hiboux (1st state) -- B168. Le château des hiboux (2nd state) -- B168. Le château des hiboux (4th state, in black & sepia) -- B169. La messe de minuit (1st state?) -- B170. L'Eglise de Jobourg (1st state, "à l'essence de térébinthe) -- B170. L'Eglise de Jobourg (1st state, counterproof) -- B170. L'Eglise de Jobourg (2nd state, on blue paper) -- B171. Frontispice pour Les salles d'estampes (1st state) -- B171. Frontispice pour Les salles d'estampes (2nd state) -- B171. Frontispice pour Les salles d'estampes (3rd state) -- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (1st state) -- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (1st state, counterproof) -- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (3rd state) -- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (3rd state, another impression, "épreuve à l'essence")
- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (3rd state, another impression on blue paper, "épreuve à l'essence") -- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (4th state) -- B172. Frontispice pour Les zigzags d'un curieux, d'Octave Uzanne (5th state) -- B173. La Tiare (2nd state) -- B174. Bonne femme cousant (1st ste) -- B174. Les corbeaux -- B176. Les oiseaux.
- Call Number
- MEZAC
- OCLC
- NYPG95-F287
- Author
Buhot, Félix Hilaire, 1847-1898.
- Title
Landscapes, seascapes and miscellaneous subjects [graphic] / Félix Buhot.
- Imprint
1874-1888.
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Cite As:
S.P. Avery Collection.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
- Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Gustave Bourcard & James Goodfriend, F'elix Buhot catalogue descriptif de son oeuvre grav'e (1979)
- Provenance
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900. Impressions of B154, B167, B172 & B173 were formerly in the collection of Frederick Keppel & are inscribed to him by the artist.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904. Collector
Froment-Meurice, F.-D. (François Désiré), 1802-1855.
S.P. Avery Collection.
- Research Call Number
MEZAC