Some women whose costumes, robes, tartans, cloaks, bonnets, coëffs identify them with the poorer class, holding small candles in their hands, go towards the right, one after the other. The plate cut down; the whole work has been extended; the open door is replaced by a door with wire lattices, through which can be seen an altar surmounted with a cross.
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 48, III.
Notes (acquisition):
Frank E. Bliss Collection of the works of Alphonse Legros, Gift of Albert H. Wiggin, 1943
Notes (date):
Date from item or from supporting materials.
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):
Third state of five. Believed to be unique. Impression retouched.
