Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, aquatint, Sheet: 312 x 445 mm. (12 5/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Plate: 291 x 399 mm. (11 7/16 x 15 11/16 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
1996.48.12997
This elaborately framed depiction of the Houses of Parliament focuses on a stately view of the monumental mass of the Parliament buildings. The urban context is amplified by Buhot’s “symphonic margins,” which extend his subject’s meaning. These fanciful
vignettes draw our attention to the edges of the composition, rather than allowing us to fix on the primary subject as in a standard topographic view.
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
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Parallels and Precedents: The George A. Lucas Collection in Context," 23 August - 15 October, 1995.
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
Inscribed: Dedicated and inscribed in crayon: lower left "Offert à Monsieur Lucas par son dévoué Felix Buhot"; lower right "Premier epreuve d'essai avant la tirage numerotée- [illegible] la planche" Signed and dated in plate: central image, lower right "Felix Buhot - 1884"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
