Tête de Jeune Homme [Head of a young man]: P.14946-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tête de Jeune Homme [Head of a young man]
180

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

Entities

Description

Head of young man, three quarters towards the right, with short, curly hair and a light moustache on upper lip.

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
1877 - ? 1890

Note

Etching with surface tone, printed in brown ink on thin wove paper. No. 9 of 50 proofs of the second state. Signed in the margin at lower right: 'A. Legros'. Small, circular edition stamp printed in red ink on recto at lower right corner of sheet: '50 ep / 9'. The printed title on the mount: 'No. 180. Tête de Jeune Homme / Tiré a 50 epreuves, planche détruite'. 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.