1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Alfred, Lord Tennyson is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a bearded man wearing a wide-brimmed hat. His face is drawn in loose, sketchy lines, with a long beard and deep wrinkles. The hat’s brim curves down sharply, and the paper’s edges are rough. The artist used quick strokes to show texture—notice how the beard and hat look almost like they’re made of pencil shavings. This style fits a time when artists cared more about feeling than perfect details. Want to see how this sketch was made? Look up lithography.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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