English Beggars (Les mendiants anglais)

1875

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names
Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image shows four people seated on the ground in a row facing slightly to the right. The individuals include an elderly man with a bushy beard and long hair, a woman with a headscarf, another woman gesturing with her hands extended outward, and a young child. They are positioned against a backdrop of stone walls, wooden fence-like structures, and scaffolding or construction elements. The sky is depicted in a dynamic, linear style. A pathway on the right leads towards a gate or archway in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5379

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bliss 1923, no. 85


Artwork history & notes

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.

Wikidata ID

Q65018620

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