The Beggar, 1881

  • Alphonse Legros, English, 1837-1911

Etching printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 8 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (22.5 × 17.5 cm) Sheet: 13 1/4 × 10 1/4 inches (33.7 × 26 cm)

Bequest of Hal H. Smith

45.291

Signed and dated, in plate, upper left of image: A. Legros | 1881 Signed, in pencil, lower right: A. Legros

Inscribed, in pencil, in another hand, center lower edge: original D.P. Etching by Legros very rare

Hal H. Smith

1945-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Alphonse Legros, The Beggar, 1881, etching printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Hal H. Smith, 45.291.