Vieil Espagnol
Translated as: Aged Spaniard
Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse
Half-length portrait of an old man seated in profile, facing left, his hands held together in his lap rolling rosary beads, a spanish cape known as a Pañosa worn around his shoulders.
Method of acquisition: Given (2019) by Metcalf, Harry
19th Century
1872
-
1876
Etching with very light surface tone on heavy wove paper. The sheet has been trimmed. The paper is unlike the wove stock used for the proofs published in The Portfolio. P.92-1937 is another impression of the third state, printed as chine-collé onto laid paper with watermark: 'W. KING'.
Support
composed of
wove paper
Plate
Height 278 mm
Width 188 mm
Sheet
Height 350 mm
Width 280 mm
Etching
: Etching with surface tone
Surface tone
Inscription present: lower edges of the inscription trimmed
Accession number: P.16-2019
Primary reference Number: 279982
Dodgson (Legros): 21.III
Poulet-Malassis / Thibaudeau: 21
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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