Le mort du vagabond

Le mort du vagabond

Item Information

Title:
Le mort du vagabond
Description:
At the foot of a leafless oak inclined to the left, the dying vagabond is stretched out, his face to the sky, his hat thrown back, his left hand placed on his knapsack.
Artist:
Legros, Alphonse, 1837-1911
Date:
[ca. 1854–1911]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Aquatints
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Death
Tramps
Trees
Extent:
1 print : etching and aquatint ; plate mark 56 x 39 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Catalogue raisonné number: 89, V.
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):
Fifth state of eight. With aquatint. Very rare.
Identifier:
07_09_001974
Barcode:
36666000111902