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Paysan Breton: P.91-1937

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Paysan Breton
Translated as: Breton Peasant

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Legros, Alphonse

Entities

Categories

Description

Head and shoulders profile of an old, bearded man with long hair wearing a broad-brimmed hat, in profile facing right.

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

1874 - 1877

Note

Drypoint with surface tone. Signed on the plate at upper left: 'A. Legros'. The third state after the artist's initials were replaced by a signature and following the reduction of the plate from 317x238mm to 218x170mm. Another impression of the third state is P.91-1937. The third state of the plate was published in _The Portfolio_, no.58, November 1874 and reissued in _Eighteen Etchings by English, French and German Artists_, with notes by Philip Gilbert Hamerton (Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, London, 1877, pp.14-15. It was reproduced in photogravure in _L'Art_, no.87, 27 August 1876.

School or Style

French

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Plate Height 225 mm Width 177 mm
Sheet Height 359 mm Width 260 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Surface tone

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: A. Legros
  • Location: Image upper left
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.91-1937
Primary reference Number: 3231
Dodgson (Legros): 29
Poulet-Malassis/Thibaudeau: 29.III
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 8 March 2024 Last processed: Friday 25 October 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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