Paysan Breton
Translated as: Breton Peasant
Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Head and shoulders profile of an old, bearded man with long hair wearing a broad-brimmed hat, in profile facing right.
Method of acquisition: Given (1942-11) by Barron, E. Evelyn
1874 - 1877
Drypoint with a small amount of surface tone. Signed on the plate at upper left: 'A. Legros'. The third state after the artist's initials were replaced by a signature and following the reduction of the plate from 317x238mm to 218x170mm. An uneven u-shaped line on the collar of the figure may indicate that this impression represents a later state of the plate. The Bliss catalogue (Dodgson (Legros)) lists five states beyond the three described by Poulet-Malassis/Thibadeau. Another impression of the third state is P.91-1937. The third state of the plate was published in _The Portfolio_, no.58, November 1874 and reissued in _Eighteen Etchings by English, French and German Artists_, with notes by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London, 1877, pp.14-15. It was reproduced in photogravure in _L'Art_, no.87, 27 August 1876.
Support
composed of
paper
Plate
Height 225 mm
Width 177 mm
Sheet
Height 379 mm
Width 283 mm
Accession number: P.191-1942
Primary reference Number: 3242
Dodgson (Legros): 29
Poulet-Malassis/Thibaudeau: 29.III
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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