Clichy Boulevard Funerary Procession 1887

Editor: This is Félix Hilaire Buhot's "Clichy Boulevard Funerary Procession," an etching. The mood is somber, and the scene is softened by rain. What symbols do you see at play here? Curator: The birds, perhaps symbols of souls departing or memories fleeting, lead our eye across the scene. The frame itself, a border of flora, suggests a cyclical view of life and death, does it not? Buhot connects death to the everyday, the procession becoming just another part of the boulevard's theater. Editor: I see that now, the cyclical nature echoed even in the frame's details. Curator: Indeed. It allows Buhot to contemplate mortality within the bustling heart of Parisian life. Editor: A powerful connection between life's grand and quiet moments. Thanks!