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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.92
People
Félix Hilaire Buhot, French (Valognes (Manche), France 1847 - 1898 Paris)
Title
The Spirits of Dead Cities
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Les esprits des villes mortes
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1886
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/340020

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with roulette and aquatint on modern laid paper
Technique
Etching, drypoint and aquatint
Dimensions
sheet: 33.1 x 50.3 cm (13 1/16 x 19 13/16 in.)
plate: 28.9 x 39 cm (11 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: lower left, in red ink: F (image of an owl) B [Buhot's stamp, Lugt 977]
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 16; lower left graphite: RC #83; lower left, graphite: B.160
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: JEK; verso lower left, graphite: Wmk. Gerhard Loeber
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left and lower right, round red ink stamp: DB [likely Daniel Bell]
  • watermark: center: GERHARD LOEBER

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Daniel Bell, Cambridge, MA, gift of his estate; to Harvard Art Museums, 2012.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
v/vi
Standard Reference Number
Bourcard 160

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift from the Collection of Professor and Mrs. Daniel Bell
Accession Year
2012
Object Number
2012.92
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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