1877
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Sir E.J. Poynter, P.R.A. is a 1877 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a close-up portrait of a man with a thick beard and short hair. He’s wearing a high-collared shirt, and his face is turned slightly to the side. The background is plain, with just a few faint lines running across it. The artist used a scratchy, textured style—likely from etching—to show the man’s face with sharp details. The signature "A. Legros" is signed in two spots, one at the bottom left and one at the right. Next, look up etching to see how artists like Legros made these precise lines.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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