Alphonse Legros, No. 1

1910

William Strang

Associated Names
William Strang

Artist, Scottish, 1859 - 1921

The image shows the head of an elderly man with a large beard and thick, slightly unkempt hair. The man has a neutral expression with eyes looking straight ahead. He has full eyebrows and a broad forehead. The background is plain. There are no accessories or objects in the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of E. Gerald Lamboley)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.2 × 21.2 cm (8 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 24.3 × 25.8 cm (9 9/16 × 10 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.1380

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Strang 1912, no. 511

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

E. Gerald Lamboley [1915 - 2012], Washington, D.C.; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; acquired by National Gallery of Art, 2015.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1912

  • William Strang: Catalogue of His Etched Work 1882-1912. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 1912: no. 511

Inscriptions

by David Strang, lower left in graphite: David Strang imp. Final St. / 625 (511) Alphonse Legros, No. 1; lower right in graphite: Wm. Strang fec. / DS; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 1998.11.93

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