Grand portrait de Thomas Carlyle

Grand portrait de Thomas Carlyle

Item Information

Title:
Grand portrait de Thomas Carlyle
Description:
Front view, head covered with a soft hat with large brim. The collar of the shirt and beard are lightened and the clothing strongly tinted and charged with etched lines. Plate destroyed after the edition of 20 proofs.
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:
Philosophers
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881
Extent:
1 print : etching, drypoint, sulfertint and roulette ; plate mark 47 x 36 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 34, III.
Handwritten on item: 34 III now IV.
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):
Third state. Rare.
Identifier:
07_09_001869
Barcode:
36666003372428