Valognes is seen down its main street, the rue de Fantasie (now boulevard Félix Buhot), looking towards the Church of Saint-Malo. The streets are wet, the umbrellas are out, as are the dogs, and it is a typical day in a small Norman village. It is…
This impression, in black, was intended as a design for the back cover of the portfolio Buhot published in 1883 under the title Japonisme. It consisted of ten etchings after Japanese art objects from the collection of Philippe Burty, the French…
Buhot made a number of prints after paintings by others, usually for commercial ends—as images, for example, to be included in a book or catalogue. It was a way of making money for a young artist. This print, however, is not among them. It is,…