Environs de l’ancien Collège Rollin

Félix Buhot19th century

Details

Title: Environs de l’ancien Collège Rollin
Creator: Félix Hilaire Buhot
Date Created: 19th century
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate and marked off in pencil, upper left quadrant: “tohuB”; inscribed in ink, upper left: “Bon à tirer”; inscribed in pencil below: “pour mon compt Ch D”; inscribed in another (third) hand: “1er Etat Bon á tirer avec l’ecriture de Richard Lesclide”; inscribed in pencil on verso: “To Howard Mansfield Esq. ‘hommage sympathetique’—Max Williams, Nov. 6th 1889”
Print State: Unique state, printed before plate was cut in three or four pieces
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1944
Materials & Techniques: Etching on Ingres laid paper. Watermark: No watermark
Keywords: France, Picardy, Soissons
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Dimensions: Plate dimensions: 270 mm x 217 mm (10.63 in. x 8.54 in.).
Bibliography: Gustave Bourcard 38, 38b, 59, 60, and 63; Bourcard 38 is entire plate. It was cut to produce the separate prints: "Les Anes de Saint-Medard" (G-B 38 bis), "L''Ane et La Vieille" (G-B 59); "Un Jeune Voyou" (B-G 60), and "Croguis d''enfants" (B-G 63)
Associated People: Created by Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847-1898)
Accession Number: 1944.D1.106

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