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Introduction
Biography of
Félix-Hilaire Buhot
Buhot’s Experimental Techniques
Landing in England
state iii/v
state iv/v
state v/v
A Pier in England
state i/viii
state ii/viii
state vii/viii
The Passage
state i/iv
state iii/iv
state iii/iv
Glossary
Exhibition Information
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image: Felix-Hilaire Buhot, Une Jetée en Angleterre (A Pier in England), 1879
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A Pier in England
(state vii/viii)

In this late state, Buhot transformed the image once again by removing the clouds and replacing them with fine, closely spaced, sweeping etched lines to suggest a heavy wind and rain.

A Pier in England, 1879
etching, drypoint, roulette, and aquatint on wove paper, state vii/viii
National Gallery of Art, Washington, Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection,
Gift in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, 1990

 

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