1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Leon Gambetta, 2nd plate is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a portrait of Leon Gambetta. He's dressed formally and looks serious. The details in his face and clothes are very fine, which is interesting because etching is a difficult technique to use for portraits, as it involves scratching lines into a metal plate to create the image. To learn more about this technique, look up the technique: etching.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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