A hazy landscape where buildings with steeples and crosses line the horizon. On the left, a perched owl stands above a body of water. A long line of figures stretches from the center foreground toward the right. In the sky, faint robed figures are suspended above the landscape.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The bottom portion of this print is a hazy landscape. Buildings with steeples and crosses line the horizon. On the left, a perched owl stands above a body of water. A long line of figures stretches from the center foreground toward the right, their backs turned to the viewer. In the sky, faint robed figures are suspended above the landscape. The ink in this print is light to medium gray, and the paper is red-brown.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2012.94
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/340022

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Counterproof from an etching on varnished paper, laid down on card
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 27.1 x 38.7 cm (10 11/16 x 15 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: upper right, graphite: RT 160 / [illegible]; lower right, graphite: Ruin[?] [illegible]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: #401; verso, lower right, graphite: Buhot plus fort[?] / non touch[?]

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
ii/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
2012.94
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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