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Alphonse Legros

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Etching of an older man with a cane and a young woman with a basket walking beside tall trees on a rural path.

Stroll of the Convalescent (La promenade du convalescent)

Etching of four figures and a standing woman gathered around a candlelit table in a dim, beamed interior.

Supper of the Poor (Le souper chez misere)

Women of Brussels (Femmes de Bruges)

Etched bust portrait of an older man with wavy hair and a cravat, shown in three-quarter view against a pale background.

Hector Berlioz

Drawn portrait of an elderly bearded man with a pensive expression, shaded in soft pencil with hatched background.

Self-Portrait

Etching of an old woodcutter seated by sticks in a forest, looking up at a skeletal figure of Death holding a staff.

Death and the Woodcutter, 4th plate (La mort et le bucheron)

late 19th century

Etching of a young girl's head and shoulders, turned slightly left, with dark hair and fine hatched shading.

Head of a Young Girl (Tete de jeune fille)

Etching of two cloaked men beside a stone doorway, one looking upward and the other bowing his head.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Door of M. Richard (St. Pierre et St. Paul a la porte de M. Richard

Etched bust portrait of an elderly bearded man with a bald crown, turned three-quarters, on pale paper.

G.F. Watts, R.A.

Etching of a sunlit hillside with a leaning tree on the left, grassy slope, rocky ledge, and pale sky.

Farm on a Hillside in Sunlight (La ferme du coteau; Effet de soleil sur le coteau)

Etching of an elderly bearded man seated and leaning forward, hands clasped, rendered in dense cross-hatched lines.

Paralytic (Le paralytique)

Etching of an elderly man writing at a desk beside a lit candle, with dense hatched shadows around him.

Archeologist (L'archeologue)

Etching of a rainy forest scene with dark trees, foliage and diagonal rain falling through light at upper right.

Memories of Fountainebleau in the Rain (Souvenir de Fountainebleau (Effet de pluie))

Etching of a ruined stone tower and an arched wall behind windswept pine trees, with birds flying across the sky.

Ruins of a Monastery (Les ruines du monastere)

Etching of an elderly bald man with a long beard, head bent over an open book he is reading.

Study of the Head of a Man Reading (Etude de tete d'homme lisant)

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with bowed head, rendered in dense crosshatched lines on a dark ground.

Victor Hugo, 2nd plate

Etching of an elderly man asleep in an armchair beside an open book, with a window and cross-hatched background.

Convalescent (Le convalescent)

Soft grey print of a misty woodland with tall trees framing an open sky and a sloping path in the foreground.

Landscape: Morning Mist (Paysage: Brumes du matin)

Self-Portrait, 10th plate

1905

Self-Portrait, 13th plate

1906

Etching of two elderly beggars seated together, a bearded man holding a walking stick and a woman in a headscarf beside a bas

Two Beggars (Les deux mendiants)

Lord A. Tennyson, 3rd plate

Etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf and a seated man leaning on her, with a basket at their feet.

Man and Wife Seated by the Road with a Basket(Homme et femme assis au bord de la rou te aven un panier)

Etching of a dense forest with tall trees, textured foliage, and deep shadows in the undergrowth.

German Forest, Downley

Head of an Old Man

Red chalk head study of a young figure in a white headscarf and high collar, turned three-quarters, by Alphonse Legros, 1904.

Young Peasant (Jeune paysanne)

1904

Etched portrait of an elderly cardinal in a cape and skullcap, seated with hands resting on a closed book.

His Eminence Cardinal Manning, 1st plate

Reading of the Office of the Day (La lecture de l'office)

1868

Head of an English Laborer (Tete d'ouvrier anglais (Le berger))

Etching of two women in dark shawls and headscarves beside a wicker basket in a dim interior.

Egg-sellers, 2nd plate (Les marchandes d'oeufs)

Philospher (Le philosophe)

Etching of a riverbank with two trees in the foreground, a seated fisherman, and a distant house with smoke.

Banks of the Oise (Bord de l'Oise)

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man with wavy hair, looking downward with a solemn expression.

Tolstoy

Pencil portrait of an elderly man with long white hair and a full beard, signed A. Legros in the lower right corner.

H.W. Longfellow, 2nd plate

Etching of three women with a baby led by a skeleton toward a grave beside twisted trees, signed A. Legros.

Drie vrouwen met een baby worden door de dood naar een gat in de grond geleid

1847

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a skullcap, gazing toward the viewer, labelled G.F. Watts.

Portret van George Frederic Watts

1879

Etching of a woman in a white headscarf and long skirt standing before a shadowed wall, head bowed.

Bretonse vrouw met hoofddoek

1847

Etching of two tall trees with dense foliage and undergrowth in a woodland scene, signed A. Legros in the lower right.

Twee bomen

1847

Etching of tall trees and dark conifer branches in a dense woodland, with hatched shadows and open sky above.

Bomen

1847

Brown-toned drawing of a bearded older man with lowered eyes, lit by white chalk highlights on a warm ground.

Head of a Man, Full Face

Drawing of a bearded man's head and shoulders in black chalk and colored crayon on orange paper, gazing forward.

Head of a Man (Possible Portrait of Professor E.D. Adams)

Etching of a cloaked man seated beside an overturned wooden cart with a broken wheel on grassy ground.

Broken Cart (La charette brisee)

Etching of an elderly man seated with bowed head beneath a large, shadowed bare tree with spreading branches.

Old man, Old Tree (Vieil homme, vieil arbre)

Etched portrait of a bearded man in a jacket, with dark vertical hatching behind him and a signature at lower right.

Florestan Mionnet

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man seated in a buttoned jacket, hands resting on his knees.

Old man seated (Vieillard assis)

Pen and brown wash drawing of an elderly bearded man in a robe, seated and leaning forward, hands resting on a round object.

Beggar with Crutches

Etching of a laborer asleep with his head on his arms at a wooden table, with a stool and glass beside him.

Siesta of a Laborer (Sieste d'un ouvrier)

late 19th century

Etching of a church choir with a cellist, singers at a lectern, and an elderly standing figure beside a carved column.

Choir in a Spanish Church (Le choeur d'une eglise espagnole)

1860

Etching of a wooden shed beside tall pine trees and a low fence, with crosshatched shading and a light open sky.

Shed (Le hangar)

Etched portrait of a bearded man turned over his shoulder, set against horizontal hatched lines, signed by Alphonse Legros.

Sir E.J. Poynter, P.R.A.

1877

Etching of two women bathing beside tall trees in a dark wooded landscape, one seated and one standing.

Bathers (Les baigneuses)

Etching of a cloaked woman sitting beside an overturned wooden cart with a broken wheel on rough ground.

Broken Cart (La charrette brisee)

Etching of a bearded old man seated outdoors, head resting on his hand, with a walking stick and hat beside him.

Day-dream (Le reveur)

Etching of tall trees with a small seated woman reading at their base, with an open landscape and distant hills to the right.

Woman Reading: Lesson under the Trees (La liseuse: La lecture sous les arbres)

Etching of a bowed, bearded old man seated on grass with his head in his hand, shaded by dense hatching.

Job, 2nd plate

Etching of a tree trunk and grassy brook bank, with dense cross-hatched shading in brown ink on cream paper.

Edge of a Brook (Bord de ruisseau)

Etching of an elderly man seated with his head bowed, hand on chin, leaning on a walking stick against a wooden wall.

Thinker (Le penseur)

Etching of a hillside farm behind tall trees, with two saddled donkeys standing on a path in the foreground.

Farm on the Hillside (La ferme sur le coteau)

Etching of a bearded man seated and leaning on a walking stick, with a distant landscape at the right edge.

Sinbad the Sailor (Sinbad le marin)

Etching of a bent elderly woman in a hood beside a group of girls in bonnets, set among large tree trunks.

Orphans (Les orphelins (?))

Etching of two bearded men at a stone doorway with a ladder and a figure in a head covering behind them.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul at the Door of Bonhomme Misere (Saint Pierre et Saint Paula la port du Bonhomme Misere)

Pale hatched pen drawing of a bearded man's head with tousled hair and downcast eyes, turned slightly to the side.

Head of a Man

1837-1911

Graphite sketch of a standing male nude with head turned upward, torso rendered in fine diagonal hatching.

Study of a Figure

1837-1911

Pencil study of a crouched seated male nude with head bowed and arms wrapped around knees, drawn in fine hatching.

Study of a Figure

1888