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La Pêche à La Truble [Fisherman with a hoop net]: P.14938-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

La Pêche à La Truble [Fisherman with a hoop net]
90

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

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Description

A man stands in the reeds at the edge of a river holding a large hoop net on a long pole. The deep shadows in this late state give the impression of twilight.

Legal notes

Given by Professor Alphonse Legros, 24 May 1879

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1879-05-24) by Legros, Alphonse

Dating

19th Century
1852 CE - 1875 CE

Note

Etching, drypoint and aquatint with some surface tone, printed in brown ink on heavy Japanese paper. Comparison with an impression of the sixth state in the collection of Boston Public Library (Bliss collection; gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1941) indicates that this impression is also the sixth state of six as recorded by Dodgson. Signed by the artist in brown ink 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. An impression of the sixth state is also in the collection of Boston Public Library (Bliss collection; gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1941).

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14938-R
Primary reference Number: 239998
Dodgson (Legros): 90.vi
Poulet-Malassis/Thibaudeau: 90.ii
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 9 January 2020 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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