Le cours de phrénologie (1st plate)

Le cours de phrénologie (1st plate)

Item Information

Title:
Le cours de phrénologie (1st plate)
Description:
Le cours de phrénologie is etched below the portraits of Legro's father and H. Fantin-Latour in such a fashion that it would be impossible to remove them without sacrificing a part.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Phrenology
Skulls
Teaching
Artists
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 30 x 19 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné numbers: 121.
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):
These three subjects (Le cours de phrénologie (1st plate), catalogue raisonné number 121 ; Portrait du père de l'artiste, catalogue raisonné number 6 ; Portrait de H. Fantin-Latour, catalogue raisonné number 7) are engraved upon the same plate. One of the only 2 complete impressions known, showing all three subjects.
Identifier:
07_09_000300
Barcode:
36666003284714