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La Ferme sur la Rivère: Effet du Soir

Printing Plate
late 19th century - early 20th century (etched)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etched steel-faced copperplate, cancelled, with two horizontal and three vertical lines. The plate depicts two men wearing brimmed hats on a riverbank. On the other side of the river a farmhouse with a thatched roof and chimney is visible.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLa Ferme sur la Rivère: Effet du Soir (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etched steel-faced copperplate
Brief description
'La Ferme sur la Rivère: Effet du Soir'. Cancelled etched steel-faced copperplate depicting two men by a river. Etched by Alphonse Legros, late 19th century - early 20th century.
Physical description
Etched steel-faced copperplate, cancelled, with two horizontal and three vertical lines. The plate depicts two men wearing brimmed hats on a riverbank. On the other side of the river a farmhouse with a thatched roof and chimney is visible.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Original Copper Plate of Legros' etching 601 La ferme sur la rivière.' (Inscribed on plate verso.)
  • '601' (Inscribed twice on verso)
Credit line
Given by Mrs L. I. Wright in memory of her husband H. J. L. Wright
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Other number
601 - numbered on sheet
Collection
Accession number
E.1303-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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