La Mort et le bûcheron (1st plate)

La Mort et le bûcheron (1st plate)

Item Information

Title:
La Mort et le bûcheron (1st plate)
Description:
The woodcutter lifting with difficulty his bundle of sticks asks Death to help him load it again; the two figures are turned to the left; signature "A. Legros" in the lower left corner. With the rays coming from the head of Death.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Allegorical prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Death
Skeletons
Woodcutters
Fuelwood
Extent:
1 print : etching and sepia wash ; sheet 46 x 33 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: 141, II.
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):
Second state of six. Impression retouched throughout with sepia wash by the artist.
Identifier:
07_09_001887
Barcode:
36666003372600