Tête: P.14955-R

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Tête
203/231.iv

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

Entities

Print

Categories

Description

Head and shoulders of a balding man with a long beard, deep-set eyes and heavy brow, seen full face looking out towards the right.

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

Drypoint, aquatint and mezzotint with stipple effects, printed in black-brown ink on chine collé. A touched proof with additions in pen and brown ink. According to an annotation in Dodgson (Legros), this print is a second state. Signed in the margin at lower right: 'A. Legros'.

School or Style

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Drypoint
Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14955-R
Primary reference Number: 240015
Dodgson (Legros): 203
Dodgson(Legros): 231.iv
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 9 January 2020 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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            University of Cambridge}}

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