Two 19th-Century Maritime Etchings - Buhot and Cotman

The first: Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847-1898), La Petite Marine, monogramed and marked as epreuve d'artiste (artist's proof) in pencil lower right, also bears Buhot's red owl stamp (Platemark 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.; DOA 12 3/4 x 14 3/8 in.); the second: John Sell Cotman (British, 1782-1842) Early Morning on the Medway (Platemark 4 1/8 x 5 1/4 in.; DOA 11 1/4 x 12 5/8 in.); each matted and presented in similar gilt frames.

From the late Stephen Foxwell Albright, Raleigh, NC

Catherine E. Burns, Oakland, CA, 1995 (the first); William Weston Gallery, London, 1982 (the second)

The first especially a strong impression.

Several very faint spots to the second, otherwise no apparent condition concerns; not examined out of frames.