The basis of this print is a heliogravure after a watercolor by Buhot’s father-in-law, Henry Johnston. Heliogravure, a photomechanical reproductive technique, was only the beginning. Through a myriad of techniques employed over several states,…
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…
The view is of the harbor of Saint-Malo, apparently looking across the estuary toward the town of Dinard, distantly seen between the masts of the ships. With its symphonic margins focusing on the same elements as the principal subject—sailing…
In this print Buhot essentially repeated the composition of A Landing in England in reverse, ostensibly because he had more to say about the subject. This first state of the print, almost pure drypoint, was printed in eighteen impressions, which vary…
Over the last fifty years, this has become the most widely collected Buhot print in the United States, in part because of the wide availability of the published editions. This impression, however, is one of the rare, exceptionally brilliant proof…