1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Victor Hugo, 1st plate is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of an older man with a full beard and mustache. He’s wearing a bow tie, a high-collared shirt, and a dark jacket. The background is a simple woven texture, almost like a curtain. The artist used fine lines to show the wrinkles and shadows on his face. The details in his hair and clothes look hand-drawn, not smooth. Next, check out how this was made with 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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