Portrait de Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A. [2nd Plate] 204
Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Head and outline shoulders of Sir Frederick Leighton in profile facing right with white wavy hair and full beard.
Given by Professor Alphonse Legros, 24 May 1879
Method of acquisition: Given (1879-05-24) by Legros, Alphonse
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1878
Etching with light surface tone, printed in black ink on heavy Japanese paper. This is a second state of the second plate of the portrait of Leighton before the artist's name and the title were added in the third state. Signed below the platemark at lower right: 'A. Legros'. Handwritten in pencil at lower left: '36'. The printed mount records the Legros number and title with plate number, 'Planche No.2', to differentiate between the two plates which Legros produced of the head of Leighton in profile; the first plate is Legros 201. 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.14952-R
Primary reference Number: 240012
Dodgson (Legros): 204
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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