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La legende du bonhomme misère, between 19th and early 20th century

  • Cadart, French
  • Alphonse Legros, English, 1837-1911

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 9 × 6 inches (22.9 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 12 1/8 × 8 1/2 inches (30.8 × 21.6 cm)

Bequest of Hal H. Smith

45.293

Signed, in plate, lower right of image: A Legros

Inscribed, in plate, below image, lower left: A. Legros, del. et sc. Inscribed, lower right: Vve A. Cadart, Edit. Imp. 56, Bard Haussmann, Paris Inscribed, lower center: LA LEGENDE DU BONHOMME MISÈRE. Inscribed, in pencil, at lower left corner and lower right corner of sheet: [illegible] Inscribed, lower center edge of sheet: C6

Hal H. Smith

1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Alphonse Legros, La legende du bonhomme misère, between 19th and early 20th century, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.293.