Bérénice (1st plate)

Bérénice (1st plate)

Item Information

Title:
Bérénice (1st plate)
Description:
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.
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 27 x 37 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 151.
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. Unique.
Identifier:
07_09_000762
Barcode:
36666003378557