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Alphonse Legros

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Pencil study of a classical male torso with hatched shading on cream paper, by Alphonse Legros.

Torso of the Belvedere

1837-1911

Head of an Irish Girl

1888

Study of Two Figures

1837-1911

Study of a Head of a Man

1837-1911

Head of a Woman

1837-1911

Red chalk drawing of a bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, head turned, with loose hatching around the figure.

Head of a Gamekeeper

1837-1911

Red chalk drawing of an elderly man's head, bald, looking downward, with dense diagonal hatching across the face.

Head of a Beadle

1837-1911

Head of a Quarryman

1837-1911

Pencil drawing of a young girl's face with wavy shoulder-length hair, seen frontally on cream paper.

Head of a Girl

1837-1911

The pianist

Etching of a hooded death figure with a scythe beside a kneeling old woodcutter gathering branches among bare trees.

Death and the Woodcutter, 2nd plate (Le mort et le bucheron)

Etching of bearded monks in robes gathered in a church interior beside a lectern, with stone columns behind them.

Monks at Church (Les moines a l'eglise)

Beggar (Un mendiant)

Etching of a small hunched figure in a hat beside a large tree with dense crosshatched foliage and grass.

Little Wandering Jew (Le petit juif errant)

Red chalk portrait of a man with swept-back hair, suit and tie, signed Legros and dated 1903.

Thomas Okey, Esq.

1903

Etched portrait of a bearded older man in a dark jacket and bow tie, set against horizontal hatched lines.

Victor Hugo, 1st plate

Etched portrait of a bearded seated man in a chair, with loose hatching and a signature at lower left.

Edwin Edwards

Etched bust portrait of a bearded man with a mustache, wearing a jacket and tied cravat, against a plain background.

Auguste Delatre

Etching of a man's head and shoulders, face half in shadow, in a dark jacket and open-collared shirt against cross-hatched ba

Study of a Man's Head (Etude de tete d'homme)

Old Spaniard (Vieil Espagnol)

Etched portrait of an elderly bearded man in a wide-brimmed hat, eyes cast downward, rendered in fine crosshatching.

Lord A. Tennyson, 2nd plate

Sepia drawing of three peasant figures on a road beside tall tree trunks, with rolling hills behind them.

The Departure

1905

Etching of a hooded woman seated against a stone wall, a child with head resting in her lap, dense hatched shading.

Woman Seated against a Wall, Child with His Head in Her Lap (Femme assise, muraille au fond, enfant la tete dans son…

Val Prinsep, R.A.

Etching of a shepherd in a hat sleeping on a grassy hillside, with a staff beside him and a village on the ridge above.

Sleeping Shepherd (Le repos du berger)

Etching portrait of a young girl with long wavy hair and a serious expression, facing the viewer.

Little Marie (La petite Marie)

Drawn portrait of an older man with pince-nez glasses, mustache and bow tie, signed A. Legros 1875.

M. Champfleury

1875

Etched portrait of a bearded older man turned three-quarter left, with wavy hair and an open-collared shirt.

Jules Dalou, 1st plate

Etching of a priest offering a chalice to kneeling worshippers at an altar, with a server holding a candle stand in a church

Communion in the Church of Saint Medard (La communion dans l'eglise St.-Medard)

Etching of robed choristers and a young boy gathered around a large open music book on a lectern.

Choristers, 1st plate (Le lutrin)

Etching of a bearded seated man in a loose garment on a stone ledge beside a block wall, with a jug and basket.

Job, 1st plate

Etching of a peasant woman washing her feet in a stream beside a large tree, with a farmhouse on a hillside behind her.

Peasant Washing Her Feet (Paysanne se lavant les pieds)

1860

Etching of three peasant women in white bonnets and cloaks seated near a doorway, with a child in shadow behind them.

Peasant Women of Boulogne (Paysannes des environs de Boulogne)

Etching of an elderly blind beggar seated under a tree with a dog and staff, open landscape to the right.

Blind Beggar (Le mendiant aveugle)

Etching of pollard willow trunks beside a wooden fence, with dark rolling hills and a cloudy sky behind them.

Pollard Willows (Les saules tetards)

Etching of a dim interior with a seated woman sewing, a standing man, and a man by a glowing fireplace.

The Hearth (Le foyer)

Etching of a bearded man in a loose shirt bowing a double bass while reading sheet music.

The Bass Player (Le joueur de contre-basse)

mid-19th century

Etching of a hooded Death figure with a scythe standing beside a bent old woodcutter gathering sticks in a forest.

Death and the Woodcutter, 2nd plate (La Mort de le bucheron)

Etching of an ex-libris bookplate with a stone pedestal, heraldic lion, a greyhound, and a house with a round tower behind tr

Ex-Libris Edwin Edwards

Etching of an elderly bald man seated under a tree on a stone ledge, head bowed, hands clasped over his knee.

"Since Then" ("Depuis ce temps-la")

Etching of an old woodcutter kneeling by a bundle of sticks as a hooded Death with a scythe stands nearby under bare trees.

Death and the Woodcutter, 3rd plate (La mort et le bucheron)

Etching of an elderly bearded man with long flowing hair and a lined face, shown in head and shoulders view.

Head of a Philosopher (Tete de philosophe)

Etched half-length portrait of a bearded, balding man in a light collared shirt against horizontal hatched lines.

Auguste Poulet-Malassis, 2nd plate

Etching of a seated bearded beggar with crutches and a bowl, as two cloaked women stand before him beside a stone wall.

Charity (La charite)

Etching of an elderly bearded beggar leaning on a cane and holding out a top hat, by Alphonse Legros, 1881.

Beggar (Le mendiant)

1881

Etching of a bearded satyr-like face with closed eyes and curling hair, drawn in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Small Satyr Mask (Petit masque de satyre)

Printed title page in Greek with two small winged cherubs playing a lyre and pipe, above a London, Trübner and Co. imprint.

Frontispiece (The Beggar Woman of Veze)

Etching of a woman in a headscarf and kneeling bearded men by a church doorway with stone steps and a leaded window.

Interior of a Church (Interieur d'eglise)

Etching of two seated women in headscarves, one with a woven basket at her feet, on a pale background.

Egg-sellers, 1st plate (Les marchandes d'oeufs)

Etching of a farmer carrying a pole past tall trees and a farm building behind a hedgerow.

View of a Farm (La ferme des Bordes)

Etching of a man napping under trees at left, with a sunlit rolling countryside and distant village beyond.

Siesta in the Country (Sieste dans la campagne)

Etching of two kneeling washerwomen by a river, with a stone bridge, village buildings and trees in the background.

Wash-house, called "The Washerwomen" (Le lavoir, dite "Les Laveuses")

Etching of an elderly bearded man with a bald head, turned to the side, drawn in fine hatched lines on cream paper.

Head of an Old Man (Etude de tete)

Etching of an elderly man in a cap walking, holding chickweed in one hand and carrying a heavy load on his back.

Chickweed Merchant (Marchand de mouron)

Etching of a riverbank with tall trees, dense undergrowth and a fallen log at the water's edge.

Banks of the Saint-Pre (Rive du Saint-Pre)

Antique Dealer B...

Etched landscape of a tall leaning tree at left, crosshatched grassy field, distant trees and a roofline under an open sky.

Along the Marne (Sur la Marne)

Etching of a tall pine trunk in a dark forest, with a bright sunlit opening among the trees on the right.

Woods in Winter Sun, 1st plate (Soleil d'hiver dans les bois)

Etching of a bearded, bowed man kneeling in a field, holding a staff, with a tree and hillside in the background.

The Prodigal Son, 3rd plate (L'enfant prodigue)

Etched invitation card with hatched trees framing an open field and a small figure, bearing handwritten exhibition text.

Plate made for an Exhibition at the Dunthorne Home (Planche faite pour une exposition chez Dunthorne)

Etching of an elderly woman in a headscarf and shawl seated, holding a wicker basket on her lap.

Woman of the Marketplace (Femme du marche)

Blacksmith (Le forgeron)

Lithograph portrait of an elderly man with long wavy hair and a bow tie, signed A. Legros in the lower right.

Professor Huxley, 2nd plate

Etching of an elderly bearded man seated with eyes closed, head tilted up, hands resting in his lap against a hatched wall.

Seated Beggar (Mendiant assis)