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Funeral Procession is the only one of Buhot’s etchings destined from the beginning to be a color print, even though a number of his plates were at times printed in various colors. The coloring here is meant less for lifelike representation than for…

The Place des Martyrs was a popular nighttime gathering place just down the street from Buhot’s studio on the Boulevard de Clichy. The Jailhouse Tavern, owned by a former convict who served time in a French penal colony, presented, as one might…

Two impressions of Funeral Procession, ostensibly in the same state, are included because they are so distinct from one another. The difference is due to the choice of paper and the style of printing. The other impression is almost stark in its…

The appearance of funeral scenes in Buhot’s work may be attributed to his melancholic disposition, but there is another source as well. Buhot’s Paris studio was on the Boulevard de Clichy, and one side of that street was lined with houses…