Félix BUHOT: Une matinée d'hiver au Quai de l'Hôtel-Dieu - 1876
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[Winter Afternoon on the Quay of the Charity Hospital]
Etching and drypoint, 240 x 320 mm. Bourcard/Goodfriend 123, 2nd state (of 15).
Impression of the 2nd state (of 15), before the borderline, before the letter and before the adding of the 4 chimneys.
Very fine impression printed on laid paper with watermark D&C BLAUW.
A very light stain in the lower part of the image, otherwise in very fine condition. Full uncut margins (sheet: 350 x 525 mm).
This is one of Buhot's most popular etchings; it is also know as Les Fiacres (The Hackney Cabs). The place described by Buhot as the Quai de l’Hôtel-Dieu is today the Quai des Fleurs on the Île de la Cité.