Returning with the Hay (Rentrant le Foin)

1890/1904

Alphonse Legros

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Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image shows a landscape with a path where a horse is pulling a cart uphill, with two individuals pushing from behind. In the distance, there is a small building or tower. The artwork uses fine etching techniques with crosshatching to depict the textures of the cart, figures, and fields. The color palette is monochromatic, using varying intensities of black and white for contrast. The artwork depicts detailed movements of the horse and figures in the foreground, fading into rolling hills and foliage in the background.

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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: no. 446, only state

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