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The image shows the head of an elderly man with a large beard and thick, slightly unkempt hair. The man has a neutral expression with eyes looking straight ahead. He has full eyebrows and a broad forehead. The background is plain. There are no accessories or objects in the image.
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The image shows the head of an elderly man with a large beard and thick, slightly unkempt hair. The man has a neutral expression with eyes looking straight ahead. He has full eyebrows and a broad forehead. The background is plain. There are no accessories or objects in the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alphonse Legros, No. 1

William Strang

Date
1910
Medium
drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 21.2 × 21.2 cm (8 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.) sheet: 24.3 × 25.8 cm (9 9/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.143.1380
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of E. Gerald Lamboley, 1993)
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record
Provenance

E. Gerald Lamboley [1915 - 2012], Washington, D.C.; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; acquired by National Gallery of Art, 2015.

Inscription

by David Strang, lower left in graphite: David Strang imp. Final St. / 625 (511) Alphonse Legros, No. 1; lower right in graphite: Wm. Strang fec. / DS; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: 1998.11.93

NGA object ID 169759. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.