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The image shows a man seated from the waist up, with his body angled slightly to the left and his gaze directed toward the viewer. He has facial hair and curly hair, wearing a jacket over a shirt. His right hand is resting on a surface with the fingers gently curled. The background features a doorway on the left leading to a dark interior space, with the rest of the surroundings plain and lightly textured.
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The image shows a man seated from the waist up, with his body angled slightly to the left and his gaze directed toward the viewer. He has facial hair and curly hair, wearing a jacket over a shirt. His right hand is resting on a surface with the fingers gently curled. The background features a doorway on the left leading to a dark interior space, with the rest of the surroundings plain and lightly textured.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Alphonse Legros

Félix Bracquemond

Date
1861
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
image: 27.4 × 16.9 cm (10 13/16 × 6 5/8 in.) plate: 31.8 × 17.5 cm (12 1/2 × 6 7/8 in.) sheet: 35.8 × 24.2 cm (14 1/8 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
1946.4.13
Credit line
Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • French
  • Seated figure
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Chair
  • Portrait
  • Man
Inscription

recto: below image, at left, in graphite, in later hand: SH; along bottom, in graphite, in later hand: From the Seymour Haden / Collection 1st State 011-75; verso: along bottom, in graphite, in later hand: 7 3/4 12 74205

Marks

recto and verso: George Mathew Adams (Lugt 59)

Watermarks

none

NGA object ID 32655. 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.