1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
W.H. Longfellow, 1st plate is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a bearded man’s face and shoulders, drawn in quick, loose lines. The hair and beard are the darkest parts, with light shading around the eyes and cheeks. The paper has a warm, off-white tone, and the lines look scratchy, like they were made with a sharp tool. The artist used a drypoint technique—scratching directly into a metal plate to create the lines. This method makes the marks look slightly fuzzy around the edges. Next, look up technique: drypoint to see how it works.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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