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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.91
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/340019

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching and drypoint with roulette and aquatint on modern laid paper
Technique
Etching, drypoint and aquatint
Dimensions
image (without border): 28.8 × 39 cm (11 5/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
image (with border): 33.7 × 44.6 cm (13 1/4 × 17 9/16 in.)
sheet: 35.2 × 55.2 cm (13 7/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: lower right, in red ink: F (image of an owl) B [Buhot's stamp, Lugt 977]
  • inscription: gold border, surrounding plate: Au dessus des Monts à travers les prés / Les vents apaisés du soir / Nuages de feu des cieux diaprés / Perisprits humains nous venons revoir / Légères cohortes qu'emportent / Les vieux clochers de villes mortes.
  • inscription: lower right edge, graphite: (GB. 160) avec marges / très rare
  • watermark: center: ARCHES

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
2012.91
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The gold border was printed from a separate plate.

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