Abandoned Village

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 11.2 x 20.1 cm (4 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

sheet: 15.9 x 23.9 cm (6 1/4 x 9 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

Catalogue Raisonné

Bliss 1923, no. 347

Accession Number

2000.7.24

Artists / Makers

Alphonse Legros (artist) French, 1837 - 1911

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right below plate in graphite: A. Legros; by later hand, upper right in graphite: 17; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 347 15789; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Village abandonne

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Smyth-Ravenel Fund, Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P.

Bibliography

1923: A Catalogue of the Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) In the Collection of Frank E. Bliss. Preface by Campbell Dodgson. London: Privately printed, 1923.