Le Canal: Effet du Matin [The Canal; morning effect] 178
Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Empty rowing boat with oars on a canal. A line of trees on the bank to the right.
Given by Professor Alphonse Legros, 24 May 1879
Method of acquisition: Given (1879-05-24) by Legros, Alphonse
19th Century
1877
CE
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1890
CE
Drypoint with surface tone, printed in brown ink on a heavy Japanese paper. No. 42 of 50 proofs of the third state. Signed on the plate at lower left: 'A. Legros'. Small, circular edition stamp printed in red ink on recto and verso: '50 ep / 42'. The mount is annotated in pencil at lower right and signed with initials 'HW': 'This is one of the best known of Legros' landscape etchings / a very deceptive copy in photogravure exists'. One of 20 prints on mounts printed with numbers and titles and contained inside a portfolio half-bound with green cloth (spine and corners) and grey paper and with printed title: 'Eaux-fortes / par Alphonse Legros.'. Acquisition information at lower centre written in pen and ink (probably by John Charrington): 'Given by Prof. A. Legros / 24 May 1879'. The inside of the front board bears the stamp of the London-based mounter and frame-maker, Robert Guéraut who published Legros' etchings after 1863 and who also collected Legros' prints.
Accession number: P.14943-R
Primary reference Number: 240003
Dodgson (Legros): 178.iii
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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