Le Poête [The Poet] 225
Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Head and shoulders of a man with shoulder-length hair and full beard, facing front and looking out towards the right. Signed below the platemark at lower right: 'A. Legros'.
Given by Professor Alphonse Legros, 24 May 1879
Method of acquisition: Given (1879-05-24) by Legros, Alphonse
19th Century
1877
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1879
Mezzotint, aquatint and drypoint with surface tone, printed in dark brown ink on heavy Japanese paper. Second state of which Dodgson records 50 impressions. Signed in the margin at lower right: 'A. Legros'. 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.14951-R
Primary reference Number: 240011
Dodgson (Legros): 225.ii
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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