La moulin aux deux meules

La moulin aux deux meules

Item Information

Title:
La moulin aux deux meules
Description:
Under a wide shed, a horse turns a mill on two grind-stones; at right, two men near a vat; at left, a wheel-barrow turned upside down beneath which the signature "A. Legros" is barely distinguished. With the handles of the wheel-barrow black, and before the retouching on a pitcher which is almost in the center of the composition.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Name on Item:
A. Legros
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Mills
Horses
Monks
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 28 x 38 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/m900rp162
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 76, 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. Only 3 impressions known.
Identifier:
07_09_000217
Barcode:
36666003280753