Un Thé de Douairières (The Dowagers' Tea Party)

Buhot employs a layered printmaking process. Etching provides the primary outlines, drypoint adds fine, velvety lines, and aquatint creates tonal variations through both dust and spirit grounds. The resulting contrast of deep blacks and delicate grays on the Japanese paper emphasizes texture and depth, achieving a realistic yet atmospheric quality.

Created in the late nineteenth century, the print aligns with the period’s interest in domestic genre scenes. While specific ownership records are limited, the work remains attributed to Buhot and is catalogued among his prints that explore everyday life with a refined technical approach.