Portrait de l'artiste (1st plate)

Portrait de l'artiste (1st plate)

Item Information

Title:
Portrait de l'artiste (1st plate)
Description:
Front view; the hair long and curly, parted on the side; light moustache and youthful beard; neck of shirt pressed down.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Self-portraits
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Cities & towns
Suburban life
Artists
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 36 cm
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 3.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from bulk dates of collection.
Notes (citation):
Catalogue raisonné cited in this record: Bliss, Frank E., "A catalogue of the etchings, drypoints and lithographs, by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) in the collection of Frank E. Bliss." (London: Printed for private circulation, 1923).
Catalogue raisonné numbers derived by Bliss from: Poulet-Malassis, Thibaudeau, "Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de M. Alphonse Legros." (Paris: J. Bauer, 1877)
Notes (object):
First state. Unique. In the first state the two subjects (Portrait de l'artiste (1st plate), catalogue raisonné number 3 and Banlieue de Paris, catalogue raisonné number 99) are engraved on the same plate. The only impression known before the plate was cut.
Accession #:
07_09_000001
Barcode:
36666003354673