Félix Hilaire Buhot
The Woman with Swans
1879
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, aquatint, Sheet: 256 x 357 mm. (10 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Plate: 131 x 181 mm. (5 3/16 x 7 1/8 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
1996.48.7996
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
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: Signed, dated, and inscribed in plate: lower left "FB Oct 1879 [9 in reverse]"; along bottom "Souvenir de Barham Court (Kent Felix Buhot aq-forti from a Sketche by Mrs E.V.B." Inscribed in pencil: bottom left "Croquis direct sur zinc (1879 en Angleterre Tiré à petit nombre (rare)"
Markings: Artist's stamp: monogram with owl, in red ink (Lugt 977) Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
