Portrait d'Auguste Delâtre

Portrait d'Auguste Delâtre

Item Information

Title:
Portrait d'Auguste Delâtre
Description:
Celebrated French printer - he did the printing of Meryon's etchings and those of most of the great etchers of that time. Front view, the hair untidy, moustaches and goatee; in a jacket, collar pressed down, the tie knotted carlessly, vest high-necked. Before dry-point work on the knot of the tie.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Etchings
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Engravers
Delâtre, Auguste, 1822-1907
Extent:
1 print : etching and drypoint ; plate mark 22 x 19 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 19, I.
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):
First state of five. Very rare.
Identifier:
07_09_000055
Barcode:
36666003354574