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Bonne femme cousant

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Bonne femme cousant

1866-1897

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Bonne femme cousant

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Bonne femme cousant

Félix Hilaire Buhot

Bonne femme cousant

1866-1897

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 195 x 139 mm. (7 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Plate: 148 x 99 mm. (5 13/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.48.8030
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris

Inscribed: Inscribed in plate: lower right, in reverse "Pour essayer"

Markings: None

Artist

Félix Hilaire Buhot

1846–1897

French, 1847-1898
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
THE OLD WIVES' REMEDIES
Charles Émile Jacque, Aubert & Cie., and others
Les Remèdes de bonnes femmes
1842
NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON THE BOULEVARD CLICHY
Félix Hilaire Buhot
National Holiday on the Boulevard Clichy
1877
PROFILE OF SEATED YOUNG WOMAN SEWING
Norbert Goeneutte
Profil de jeune femme assise cousant
1873–1887
ENAMEL OF JEAN PENICAUD II
Félix Hilaire Buhot
Email de Jean Penicaud II
1877
WOMAN SEWING
Jules Jaques Veyrassat, Edouard Frère, and others
Femme Cousant
1847–1892
ENAMEL OF JEAN PENICAUD II
Félix Hilaire Buhot and Veuve A. Cadart
Email de Jean Penicaud II
1877
WOMAN SEWING
Jules Jaques Veyrassat, Edouard Frère, and others
Femme Cousant
1847–1892
BRONZE VASE
Félix Hilaire Buhot
Vase en Bronze
1879
HUSBAND: MY DEAR, HOW ABOUT A FIRST KISS ON MY CHIN? THE WIFE (ASIDE): TO THINK THAT I AM MARRIED TO THIS FACE!
Honoré Daumier
(Le mari) Bobonne, veux-tu l'étrenne de ma barbe?... (La femme à part) Dire que je suis unie à une pareille mâchoire!..
1839
CRYSTAL EWER
Félix Hilaire Buhot and A. Quantin
Crystal Ewer
1877
THE HUSBAND (READING ALOUD): "WE LAY INDOLENTLY ON THE FRAGRANT MOSS, WHILE THE BEAMS OF THE MOON FLICKERED THROUGH THE BRANCHES OF A WILLOW, GENTLY SWAYING IN THE EVENING BREEZE. OVERCOME WITH LOVE WE CRIED TO TO HEAVEN THE LONGINGS WE FELT IN OUR HEARTS." HIS WIFE (SOTTO VOCE): HOW CAN HE POSSIBLY READ SUCH POETRY AND WEAR A NIGHT BONNET AND A FACE LIKE THIS.
Honoré Daumier
Le Mari (lisant): "nous étions mollement étendus sur la mousse odorante, les rayons de la lune perçaient les branches du Saule agité par la Brise du soir. Enivrés d'amour nous lançions au Ciel des Sermens qui retombaient dans nos coeurs." La femme (à part): Peut-on lire ces choses avec un bonnet de coton, et une boule comme la sienne!…..
1838