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Alphonse Legros

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Etching of a figure fishing at a riverbank beside a large tree, with a row of trees and cloudy sky across the water.

Salmon Fisher (Le pecheur de saumon)

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 milkmaid in a cloak and headscarf leading a donkey loaded with milk churns along a rural road.

Milkmaid of Boulogne, 1st plate (Laitiere a Boulogne)

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 seated traveler in a wide hat resting by a path, with fields, trees and distant hills under a pale sky.

Traveler Resting (Repos du voyageur)

Etching of three tall trees on a riverbank, with a figure bending over the water at lower right and distant hills.

Banks of the Liane (Les bords de la Liane)

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 a crumbling village with sagging thatched roofs and overgrown bushes along a reflective riverbank.

Abandoned Village (Le village abondonne)

Etching of trees and undergrowth along a riverbank, rendered in loose hatched lines against a pale sky.

Along the River (Sur la riviere)

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)

Etched landscape of trees and a field under dark, hatched storm clouds with a bright patch of light in the sky.

Landscape with Storm (Paysage d'orage)

Etching of a horse-drawn hay cart on a rural path, with two figures pushing it past a tree and a distant building.

Returning with the Hay (Rentrant le foin)

1890/1904

Etching of a bearded man with a hat and walking stick looking toward rolling hills and shrubs under an open sky.

Return from the Fields (Le retour des champs)

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 ruined chateau on a grassy hill with a small shed and tree, rendered in dense hatched lines.

Ruins of a Chateau (Les ruines du chateau)

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 women harvesters bent against slanting rain beneath windblown trees, one carrying a rake.

Harvesters Surprised by the Storm (Moissonneuses surprises par l'orage)

Etching of a bearded man bent over a cluttered desk with inkwell, quill and books, beside a lattice window.

Geographer (Le geographe)

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

Pale sketch of a seated veiled woman with a child peering over her shoulder, with loose hatched shading on cream paper.

Figures from "The Deluge" of Michelangelo

1837-1911

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 seated bearded old man holding a hat beside a bare tree, with hatched lines and an open background.

Mendiant, son Chapeau a la Main (Beggar with His Hat in His Hands)

Etching of a river landscape with tall trees, a fallen log, and two men fishing with a child resting on the bank.

Repos au Bord de la Riviere

Etching of a seated man in a hat beside a gnarled tree, with a rural building and hedgerows under a stormy sky.

Chateau des Revenants

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 hatted man with a walking stick on a path beside trees and shrubs, with open land beyond.

Peddler (Le colporteur)

Etching of a hunched figure with a cane on a path below a hillside with trees and a stone tower under a cloudy sky.

Tower (La tour)

Etching of a forest edge with tall trees framing a path, fallen logs in the foreground, and distant hills under a pale sky.

Edge of a Wood (Lisiere de bois)

Etching of a small grassy hill framed by feathery trees, with sky rays radiating above, signed Legros in the margin.

Small Hill (Le coteau)

Etching of dark tree trunks and bushy undergrowth in the foreground with an open, lightly drawn field on the right.

Across Country (A travers champ)

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)

Etching of tall pine trees and dense undergrowth with a distant hill and open sky seen through the branches.

Woods in Winter Sun, 2nd plate (Soleil d'hiver dans les bois)

Etching of a seated man in a hat beside a horse under trees, with a farm complex on a hill behind.

Farm on a Hill (La ferme sur la colline)

Brown-toned print of a figure rowing a small boat along a river bank beneath large trees.

Bend in the River (Un coin de riviere)

Etching of rustic farm buildings among trees and a hillside, with a wooden fence in the lower right foreground.

Bridge at the Mill (Le pont du moulin)

Etching of a river scene with a boat, a man hauling a rope along the bank, trees, a hilltop village and a smoke plume.

Landscape with Boat, 2nd plate (Paysage au bateau)

Etching of a shadowed rocky landscape with a gnarled tree, a small building on a hill, and a bridge under a cloudy sky.

Remembrance of Italy (Souvenir d'Italie)

Etching of a man in a flat boat grasping a tree by a river, with tall trees and a distant hill on the far bank.

Morning along the River (La matin sur la riviere)

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)