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.
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1942-11)
by
Barron, E. Evelyn
Dating
1874
-
1877
Note
Drypoint with a small amount of 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. An uneven u-shaped line on the collar of the figure may indicate that this impression represents a later state of the plate. The Bliss catalogue (Dodgson (Legros)) lists five states beyond the three described by Poulet-Malassis/Thibadeau. 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 379 mm
Width 283 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.191-1942
Primary reference Number: 3242
Dodgson (Legros): 29
Poulet-Malassis/Thibaudeau: 29.III
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023
Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
