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Le Poête [The Poet]: P.14951-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Le Poête [The Poet]
225

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

Entities

Categories

Description

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'.

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 - 1879

Note

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.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14951-R
Primary reference Number: 240011
Dodgson (Legros): 225.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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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Le Poête [The Poet]" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240011 Accessed: 2024-11-15 01:43:15

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