"The Banks of the Somme, near Amiens" - etching, signed within plate, by Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)* for 'The Artist Engraver - a quarterly magazine of original work, Edition No. 4, October 1904'
Published by Macmillan & Co, London
Presented in original grey paper folder, as published 1904, and printed on fine cream*-coloured quality laid paper, with good plate mark
*paper in actuality creamier in colour than my rather grey photographs... sorry
Measures (image within plate mark) 28 by 19 cms. (product) 33 x 43 cms.
Very good condition
*Legros is remembered as a painter, sculptor and etcher; who was born in Dijon and spent his early career in Paris. Legros was encouraged by Whistler to come to London in 1863.
Professor of Fine Art at the Slade from 1875-92, where his insistence on the quality of line laid the foundation for the Slade tradition of fine draughtsmanship. He set out to broaden the syllabus, introducing etching and, in 1884, classes in medal making. Credited with being a leading figure in the British etching revival in the latter part of the 19th century and his pupils included William Strang and Charles Holroyd.