Bérénice (2nd plate)

Bérénice (2nd plate)

Item Information

Title:
Bérénice (2nd plate)
Description:
Same subject as preceding plate, "Bérénice (1st plate)," catalogue raisonné number 151. Egaeus is astonished at the appearance of the teeth of dead Berenice. The bier is on trestles, near the bed, and lighted by a large candle. The bier is in the foreground, beside a table covered with a cross, a plate, and a glass.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Coffins
Dead persons
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Berenice
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 28 x 38 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 152.
Illustration based on an Edgar Allan Poe story, "Berenice" (1835).
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):
Only state.
Identifier:
07_09_000346
Barcode:
36666003285448