Westminster Palace

Félix Hilaire Buhot (French) engraved this scene. Only four proofs were printed in this state before the plate was cut at the bottom. The writing in the lower margin is that of Buhot.

Léonce Bénédite, a French art historian and curator, had this to say about the work:
"Here Buhot surpasses the mere picturesque and attains the grandeur of style. In the Westminster Palace, under the hazy light of the opaque and heavy sky, near the bank of the dappled waters of the broad and troubled stream, the Houses of Parliament stretch their long, heavy mass of stately blackened buildings, bristling with a multitude of turrets, steeples, and watch-towers, the while proudly dominated by the Victoria Tower and the Clock Tower. It is one of the surest in execution and completest of his works."

The etching was purchased from Frederick Keppel & Company, New York on April 26, 1911.