Artwork
Ex-libris de Léon Lerey (Ex-libris of Leon Lerey)
Ex-libris de Léon Lerey (Ex-libris of Leon Lerey) is an ink print by the Romanticist artist Félix-Hilaire Buhot. It dates from 1876 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art.
About this work
Overview
Ex-libris de Léon Lerey is an etching created by Félix-Hilaire Buhot in 1876 on Arches laid paper.
Subject & Meaning
The print depicts a book with a ribbon wrapped around it, bearing the handwritten-style inscription 'Ex-libris de Léon Lerey', signifying its purpose as a personalized bookplate for Léon Lerey.
Technique & Style
The etching employs the drypoint technique, evident in the rough, scratchy lines resulting from the artist's direct cutting of the plate.
Context
As a bookplate, it was intended to be pasted inside a book to indicate ownership, a practice popular among collectors in the 19th century.
Artist & collection
Ex-Libris pour "L'Ensorcelée" (Bookplate for "L'Ensorcelée")
Ex-Libris pour "L'Ensorcelée" (Bookplate for "L'Ensorcelée")
Figures on Top of a Hill, Overlooking the Sea
Ebury Street
A Gathering in an Interior; A Curtained Doorway
Frontispiece for L'Illustration Nouvelle: The Burial of the Burin
Fan with Wildflowers and Butterflies against the Norman Coast![Gillingham Pier, London [verso], by Félix-Hilaire Buhot](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/felix-hilaire-buhot--gillingham-pier-london-verso--641e03dd7de8217b-w320.webp)
Gillingham Pier, London [verso]
Gaspard de la Nuit
Le Secret du Maîtres Cornille
La France Libératrice
Le Curé de Cucugnan (The Vicar of Cucugnan)
The Prisons: An Architectural Medly, with a Man on the Rock in the Foreground
Les Vieux (The Elders)
Le Secret du Mâitre Cornille (The Secret of Master Cornille)
Fairy Connoisseurs Inspecting Mr. Frederick Locker's Collection of Drawings
Studio on the Boat (Le Bateau-atelier)
On allume les cierges pour les Morts (They light candles for the dead)
The Annunciation
Un Thé de Douairières (The Dowagers' Tea Party)