Alphonse Legros - La Legende du Bonhomme Misere The Legend of the Poor Old Man

La Legende du Bonhomme Misere The Miserable Legend of the Good Man The Legend of the Poor Old Man Original Etching by the British artist Alphonse Legros

La Legende du Bonhomme Misere (The Legend of the Poor Old Man)

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Alphonse Legros (Dijon, 1837 - London, 1911)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Date	Medium	Notes	-
01.-		Charity by Alphonse Legros	1881	Original Etching	Printed on wove paper and with full margins as published by London, J.S. Virtue & Co. Limited for The Art Journal.	Available
02.-		La Legende du Bonhomme Misere (The Legend of the Poor Old Man) by Alphonse Legros	1874 (Hamerton Edition 1880)	Original Etching	Printed on laid, hand-made paper and with full, deckled margins as published by Macmillan and Co., London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's portfolio entitled Etching and Etchers in 1880.	Sold
03.-	-	Le Triomphe de la Mort, La Proclamation (Triumph of Death, Proclamation) by Alphonse Legros	1898	Original Drypoint & Etching	Printed on hand-made, laid paper and with full margins as published in London in 1898. Signed in the plate with Legros' (A. L.) monogramme in the lower right corner.	Sold
04.-		Self Portrait by Alphonse Legros	1898	Original Lithograph	Printed on smooth wove paper and with full margins as published by T. Fisher Unwin entitled, Lithography & Lithographers:Some chapters in the history of the art, by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell. Not signed in the plate by Alphonse Legros.	Sold

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Etching and Etchers: Edited by P. G. Hamerton
#	Image	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Date	Source	-
01.-		Armes Orientales (Oriental Arms) by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart	Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand 'Jules Jacquemart' (Paris, 1837 - 1880)	Original Etching	1868	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed, "Jules Jacquemart", in the plate along the lower margin and containing the title, "Armes Orientales".
02.-		Billingsgate by James McNeill Whistler	Whistler, James McNeill (Lowell, MA, 1834 - London, 1903)	Original Etching	1859	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and dated in the plate along the lower margin.	Sold
03.-		Cusset, Excursion de Vichy by Maxime Lalanne	Lalanne, Maxime (Bordeaux, 1827 - Nogent-sur-Marne, 1886)	Original Etching	1864	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and inscribed by Lalanne in the plate to the lower right and left corners.
04.-		Deux Chevaux de Halage S'Eloignant (Boat Horses) by Jules Jacques Veyrassat	Veyrassat, Jules Jacques 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1866	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1868 for Etching and Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton. Signed within the plate, lower left, 'J. Veyrassat'.
05.-		Entree des Rues des Moineaux et d'Argenteuil Angles sur la Rue St. Roch (Rue St. Roch, Paris) by Adolphe Martial	Martial, Adolphe Potement 'Adolphe Martial' (Paris, 1828 - 1883)	Original Etching	1876	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and dated along the lower margin and titled in the upper margin, within the plate.
06.-		Eton College from the River by Richard Chattock	Chattock, Richard Samuel 'Richard Chattock' (Birmingham, 1825 - Solihull, 1906)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed, titled and dated in the plate along the lower margin.
07.-		Forges d'Allevar en Dauphine (Forges of Allevar in Dauphiny) by Joseph Soumy	Soumy, Joseph Paul Marius 'Joseph Soumy' (Puy, 1831 - Saint-Genis-Laval, 1863)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed, ' Soumy', ttitle "Forges d'Allevar en Dauphine" and containing the text "A. Cadart Edit. Imp. Paris" and "Soumy del et Sculp" within the plate.
08.-		In the Forest of Fontainebleau by Charles Beyer	Beyer, Charles (Metz, 1792 - France, 1863)	Original Etching	1850	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed by Beyer in the plate to the lower left.	Sold
09.-		Interior d'Ecurie a Samois (Interior of a Stable at Samois) by Jules Jacques Veyrassat	Veyrassat, Jules Jacques 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1877	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed, "J. Veyrassat" and dated '76' within the plate.
10.-		La Lecon de Dessin (The Drawing Lesson) by Adolphe Lalauze	Lalauze, Adolphe (Rive-de-Gier, 1838 - Paris, 1906)	Original Etching and Drypoint	1877	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and titled the plate along the lower margin and contains the Title "La Lecon de Dessin", "Imp. Vve.A. Cadart, Paris, and "Ad. Lalauze. del et sculp." within the lower plate.	Sold
11.-		La Legende du Bonhomme Misere by Alphonse Legros	Legros, Alphonse (Dijon, 1837 - London, 1911)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and titled in the plate along the lower margin.	Sold
12.-		Leith Docks by William Brassey Hole	Hole, William Brassey (Salisbury, 1846 - Edinburgh, 1917)	Original Etching	1880	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and dated in the plate along the lower margin.
13.-		Les Laveuses (Washerwomen) by Pierre Billet	Billet, Pierre (Cantin, France, 1837 - 1922)	Original Etching	1876	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Titled and signed with Billet's, ' P. B.' monogram in the plate along the lower margin.
14.-		L'Escalier (A Rustic Stair) by Charles Jacque	Jacque, Charles Emile 'Charles Jacque' (Paris, 1813 - Anvers, 1894)	Original Etching	1845	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Catalogue #G. 60, Final State. Signed and dated by Charles Emile Jacque within the plate.	Sold
15.-		Louvain, Spires of the Hotel de Ville with the Cathedral in the Distance by Ernest George	George, Sir Ernest (London, 1839 - 1922)	Original Etching	1878	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and titled by the artist in the plate along the lower margin.	Sold
16.-		Marais de la Burbanche (Marsh of the Burbanche) by Adolph Appian	Appian, Jacques Barthelemy Adolphe 'Adolph Appian' (Lyon, 1818 - 1898)	Original Etching	1868	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Bearing Cadart's address and title along the lower margin. Signed and dated by Appian in the plate to the upper left.	Sold
17.-		Orphans by Hubert von Herkomer	Herkomer, Sir Hubert von 'Hubert Herkomer' (Bavaria, 1849 - Hertfordshire, 1914)	Original Drypoint Engraving	1878	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Printed by Eugene Delatre, Paris and titled, dated and signed by the artist in the plate (with his 'HH' monogramme).	Sold
18.-		Oud en Versleten (The Old Couple) by Jozef Israels	Israels, Jozef (Groningen, 1824 - The Hague, 1911)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. H. J. Hubert, The Etched Work of Jozef Israels: An Illustrated Catalogue, Amsterdam, Scheltema en Holkema's Boekhandel, 1909. Catalogue Hubert VIII.	Sold
19.-		Paysage, Soir (Landscape, Evening) by Charles Jacque	Jacque, Charles Emile 'Charles Jacque' (Paris, 1813 - Anvers, 1894)	Original Etching	1860	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Catalogue #G. 94, Final State. Signed and dated by Charles Emile Jacque within the plate.
20.-		Rade de Bordeaux, Janvier, 1868 (Port of Bordeaux, January, 1868) by Maxime Lalanne	Lalanne, Maxime (Bordeaux, 1827 - Nogent-sur-Marne, 1886)	Original Etching	1868	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and dated by Lalanne in the plate to the lower left.
21.-		Self-Portrait by William Unger	Unger, William (Hanover, 1837 - Innsbruck, 1932)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers.	Sold
22.-		The Complete Angler ('Ye Compleat Angler') by Francis Seymour Haden	Haden, Sir Francis Seymour (London, 1818 - Alresford, 1910)	Original Etching and Drypoint	1877	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed and dated in the plate along the lower right margin.
23.-		The Herdsman's Cottage ('Sunset') by Samuel Palmer	Palmer, Samuel (Newington, 1805 - Redhill, 1881)	Original Etching	1850	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed with the artist's 'S. P.' monogramme in the plate along the lower left margin.	Sold
24.-		Traveler Near a Wood by Anthonie Waterloo	Waterloo, Anthonie (Lille, c. 1610 - Utrecht, c. 1690)	Original Etching	c. 1645	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers. Signed in the plate to the lower right with the artist's usual "A.W.F" monogramme (Anthonie Waterloo Fecit).	Sold

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Philip Gilbert Hamerton 'P. G. Hamerton' (Part 1)
#	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Date	Source	-
01.-	A Calm Day: Fishing Boats at Anchor (Sailboats at Sea) by George Ferrier	George Straton Ferrier 'George Ferrier' (Edinburgh, 1852 - 1912)	Original Etching	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1879 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
02.-	A Ground Swell (Ships at Sea) by George Ferrier	George Straton Ferrier 'George Ferrier' (Edinburgh, 1852 - 1912)	Original Etching	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1879 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
03.-	Armes Orientales (Oriental Arms) by Jules-Ferdinand Jacquemart	Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand 'Jules Jacquemart' (Paris, 1837 - 1880)	Original Etching	1868	Published by Macmillan and Co., London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers in 1880
04.-	At Autun, France by Philip Gilbert Hamerton	Philip Gilbert Hamerton (Oldham, Lancashire, 1834 - London, 1894)	Original Etching & Drypoint	1864	Early Hamerton etching published in a very small edition
05.-	Billingsgate by James McNeill Whistler	Whistler, James McNeill (Lowell, MA, 1834 - London, 1903)	Original Etching	1859	Published by Macmillan and Co., London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers in 1880	Sold
06.-	Carriage Horses by Jules Veyrassat	Jules Jacques Veyrassat 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
07.-	Cat and Snake by Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer (Riesbach, Switzerland, 1809 - France, 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"	Sold
08.-	Cat Preparing for Battle by Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer (Riesbach, Switzerland, 1809 - France, 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
09.-	Chiselhurst Common by Edward Paxman Brandard	Edward Paxman Brandard 'E. P. Brandard' (Birmingham, 1819 - London, 1898)	Original Etching	1885	Published by Seeley & Co. 46, 47, & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1885 edition of Landscape	Sold
10.-	Cusset, Excursion de Vichy by Maxime Lalanne	Lalanne, Maxime (Bordeaux, 1827 - Nogent-sur-Marne, 1886)	Original Etching	1864	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
11.-	Dordrecht by Sir Ernest George	Sir Ernest George (London, 1839 - 1922)	Original Etching	1882	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical	Sold
12.-	Entree des Rues des Moineaux et d'Argenteuil Angles sur la Rue St. Roch (Rue St. Roch, Paris) by Adolphe Martial	Martial, Adolphe Potement 'Adolphe Martial' (Paris, 1828 - 1883)	Original Etching	1876	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
13.-	Eton College from the River by Richard Chattock	Chattock, Richard Samuel 'Richard Chattock' (Birmingham, 1825 - Solihull, 1906)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
14.-	Fishing Boat, Venice by Clara Montalba	Clara Montalba (Cheltenham, 1842 - 1929)	Original Etching	1881	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1881 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
15.-	Fishing Boats Coming in from the Sea (Coastal Scene) by George Ferrier	George Straton Ferrier 'George Ferrier' (Edinburgh, 1852 - 1912)	Original Etching	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1879 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
16.-	Forges d'Allevar en Dauphine (Forges of Allevar in Dauphiny) by Joseph Soumy	Soumy, Joseph Paul Marius 'Joseph Soumy' (Puy, 1831 - Saint-Genis-Laval, 1863)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
17.-	Gateway, Canterbury Cathedral by Joseph Pennell	Joseph Pennell (Philadelphia, 1857 - Brooklyn, New York, 1926)	Original Etching	1885	Published by Seeley & Co., 46, 47 & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London in 1885 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical	Sold
18.-	Guard Dog (Bull Terrier) by Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer (Riesbach, Switzerland, 1809 - France, 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
19.-	Horse Ferry On the Seine (Crossing the River) by Jules Jacques Veyrassat	Jules Jacques Veyrassat, 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1872	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1872 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical	Sold
20.-	Horses by a Stream by Jules Veyrassat	Jules Jacques Veyrassat 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
21.-	Horses Drinking by Jules Jacques Veyrassat	Jules Jacques Veyrassat 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
22.-	Hotel de Cluny, Paris by Charles Henri Toussaint	Charles Henri Toussaint (Paris 1849 - 1911)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
23.-	Hunting Dogs by Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer (Riesbach, Switzerland, 1809 - France, 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
24.-	In the Forest of Fontainebleau by Charles Beyer	Beyer, Charles (Metz, 1792 - France, 1863)	Original Etching	1850	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
25.-	Interior d'Ecurie a Samois (Interior of a Stable at Samois) by Jules Jacques Veyrassat	Veyrassat, Jules Jacques 'Jules Veyrassat' (Paris, 1828 - 1893)	Original Etching	1877	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
26.-	La Lecon de Dessin (The Drawing Lesson) by Adolphe Lalauze	Lalauze, Adolphe (Rive-de-Gier, 1838 - Paris, 1906)	Original Etching and Drypoint	1877	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
27.-	La Legende du Bonhomme Misere by Alphonse Legros	Legros, Alphonse (Dijon, 1837 - London, 1911)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
28.-	Le Bas Meudon on The Seine by Maxime Lalanne	Maxime Lalanne (Bordeaux, 1827 - Nogent-sur-Marne, 1886)	Original Etching	1885	Published by Seeley & Co. 46, 47, & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1885 edition of Landscape
29.-	Leith Docks by William Brassey Hole	Hole, William Brassey (Salisbury, 1846 - Edinburgh, 1917)	Original Etching	1880	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
30.-	Les Laveuses (Washerwomen) by Pierre Billet	Billet, Pierre (Cantin, France, 1837 - 1922)	Original Etching	1876	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
31.-	L'Escalier (A Rustic Stair) by Charles Jacque	Jacque, Charles Emile 'Charles Jacque' (Paris, 1813 - Anvers, 1894)	Original Etching	1845	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
32.-	Lobster Fishers by Colin Hunter	Colin Hunter (Glasgow, 1841 - London, 1904)	Original Etching and Drypoint Engraving	1885	Published by Seeley & Co. 46, 47, & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1885 edition of Landscape
33.-	Louvain, Spires of the Hotel de Ville with the Cathedral in the Distance by Ernest George	George, Sir Ernest (London, 1839 - 1922)	Original Etching	1878	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold

Philip Gilbert Hamerton 'P. G. Hamerton' (Part 2)
#	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Date	Source	-
34.-	Magdalen College from Christchurch Walks, Oxford by Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines	Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines 'Alfred Brunet-Debaines' (Havre, France, 1845 - ?)	Original Etching	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1879 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
35.-	Marais de la Burbanche (Marsh of the Burbanche) by Adolph Appian	Appian, Jacques Barthelemy Adolphe 'Adolph Appian' (Lyon, 1818 - 1898)	Original Etching	1868	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
36.-	Meadows at Marlow on the Thames by Edward Paxman Brandard	Edward Paxman Brandard 'E. P. Brandard' (Birmingham, 1819 - London, 1898)	Original Etching	1883	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1883 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
37.-	Meditation by Abel Lurat	Lurat, Abel (Orleans, 1829 - Paris, 1890)	Original Etching	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1879 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
38.-	Near the Coast at Cayeux-Sur-Mer by Edmond Charles Joseph Yon 'Edmond Yon'	Edmond Charles Joseph Yon 'Edmond Yon' (Paris, 1836 - 1897)	Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving	1885	Published by Seeley & Co. 46, 47, & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1885 edition of Landscape
39.-	Orphans by Hubert von Herkomer	Herkomer, Sir Hubert von 'Hubert Herkomer' (Bavaria, 1849 - Hertfordshire, 1914)	Original Drypoint Engraving	1878	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
40.-	Oud en Versleten (The Old Couple) by Jozef Israels	Israels, Jozef (Groningen, 1824 - The Hague, 1911)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
41.-	Paysage, Soir (Landscape, Evening) by Charles Jacque	Jacque, Charles Emile 'Charles Jacque' (Paris, 1813 - Anvers, 1894)	Original Etching	1860	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
42.-	Porch Gate, St. Mary the Virgin, Oxford by Joseph Pennell	Joseph Pennell (Philadelphia, 1857 - Brooklyn, New York, 1926)	Original Etching	1885	Published by Seeley & Co., 46, 47 & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London in 1885 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical	Sold
43.-	Rade de Bordeaux, Janvier, 1868 (Port of Bordeaux, January, 1868) by Maxime Lalanne	Lalanne, Maxime (Bordeaux, 1827 - Nogent-sur-Marne, 1886)	Original Etching	1868	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
44.-	Rouen From The Country by Maxime Lalanne	Maxime Lalanne (Bordeaux, 1827 - Nogent-sur-Marne, 1886)	Original Etching	1885	Published by Seeley & Co. 46, 47, & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1885 edition of Landscape
45.-	Saint Mark's Column, Venice by Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines	Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines, (Havre, France, 1845 - ?)	Original Etching	1878	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1878 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
46.-	Self-Portrait by William Unger	Unger, William (Hanover, 1837 - Innsbruck, 1932)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
47.-	St. John's College, Oxford by Joseph Pennell	Joseph Pennell (Philadelphia, 1857 - Brooklyn, New York, 1926)	Original Etching	1886	Published by Seeley & Co. Essex Street, London in 1886 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical	Sold
48.-	Swan by Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer (Riesbach, Switzerland, 1809 - France, 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
49-	The Ballad by John Dawson Watson	John Dawson Watson (Sedbergh, Yorkshire, 1832 - Conway, North Wales, 1892)	Original Etching	1873	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1873 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
50.-	The Bass Rock (Sailboats in a Harbour) by George Ferrier	George Straton Ferrier 'George Ferrier' (Edinburgh, 1852 - 1912)	Original Etching	1879	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1879 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
51.-	The Butterfly by William Wise	William Wise (Active, Oxford, England, 1823 - 1876)	Original Etching	1874	published by Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, Fleet Street in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
52.-	The Complete Angler ('Ye Compleat Angler') by Francis Seymour Haden	Haden, Sir Francis Seymour (London, 1818 - Alresford, 1910)	Original Etching and Drypoint	1877	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers
53.-	The Dutch Housewife by Paul Rajon	Paul Rajon (Dijon, 1842- Auvers-sur-Oise, Val d'Oise, France, 1888)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
54.-	The Ferry by Robert Walker Macbeth	Robert Walker Macbeth 'Robert Macbeth' (Glasgow, 1848 - London, 1910)	Original Etching	1880	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
55.-	The Gleaner by Louis-Henry Dupont	Louis-Henry Dupont 'Louis Dupont' (Paris, c. 1840 - 1910)	Original Etching	1878	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London In 1878 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
56.-	The Herdsman's Cottage ('Sunset') by Samuel Palmer	Palmer, Samuel (Newington, 1805 - Redhill, 1881)	Original Etching	1850	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
57.-	The Ross Fountain, Princess Street Gardens, Edinburgh by Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines	Alfred Louis Brunet-Debaines, (Havre, France, 1845 - ?)	Original Etching	1878	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, Fleet Street, London in 1878 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical
58.-	Tournai, Ancient Bridge and City Wall by Sir Ernest George	Sir Ernest George (London, 1839 - 1922)	Original Etching	1877	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, London in 1877 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Journal, The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical	Sold
59.-	Traveler Near a Wood by Anthonie Waterloo	Waterloo, Anthonie (Lille, c. 1610 - Utrecht, c. 1690)	Original Etching	c. 1645	Published by Macmillan and Co., London in 1880 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's Etching and Etchers	Sold
60.-	Wild Boars by Karl Bodmer	Karl Bodmer (Riesbach, Switzerland, 1809 - France, 1893)	Original Etching	1874	Published by Seeley, Jackson & Halliday, 54, Fleet Street, London in 1874 for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's "Chapters on Animals"
61.-	Windsor by Alfred Dawson	Alfred Dawson (England, Active, 1860 - 1893)	Original Etching	1885	Published by Seeley & Co. 46, 47, & 48 Essex Street, Strand, London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1885 edition of Landscape

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Title:	La Legende du Bonhomme Misere (The Legend of the Poor Old Man)
Artist:	Legros, Alphonse (Dijon, 1837 - London, 1911)
Date:	1874 (P. G. Hamerton's, Etching and Etchers, 1880)
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Macmillan and Co., London
Source:	Etching and Etchers by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
Note:	Alphonse Legros: A very influential etcher on both sides of the English Channel, Alphonse Legros moved to England permanently in 1863 on the advice of his friend, Whistler. A master etcher if figure subjects, portraits and landscapes, Alphonse Legros assumed the head professorship of etching and engraving at the Royal College in South Kensington in 1875. He later became the professor of art at the Slade School of Art, London. From this position he fashioned a standard and influenced many younger British artists, most notably William Strang, Charles Furse and Charles Holroyd. In total Legros's graphic oeuvre runs to 704 etchings.
	Most of Alphonse Legros's figure subjects were inspired by the artist's early impressions of French peasant life. Influences upon his art in this area have been traced to the paintings and drawings of Gustave Courbet and the art of Goya and the Spanish School. Relatedly, the theme of death figures prominently in the etchings of Alphonse Legros. One may point to Holbein and other Northern masters of the Renaissance in this vein, but Legros's treatment of this theme is all his own.
	La Legende du Bonhomme Misere (The Legend of the Poor Old Man): One of Alphonse Legros' most famous etchings upon the subject of death is La Legende du Bonhomme Misere. It is actually based upon an old French fable in which Saints Peter and Paul visit a very old man who possesses a hut and a pear tree in order to grant him one wish. The old man (Bonhomme Misere) asks not for wealth nor power but simply requests that anyone who climbs up his pear tree can not get down without his permission. The strange wish is granted and within time Death comes to pay the aged man his inevitable visit. Bonhomme Misere receives his guest very pleasantly and requests only that Death climb the tree to secure a ripe pear in the upper branches. Once there, Death is firmly trapped. A treaty is thus negotiated in which Death will leave Bonhomme Misere (Misery) to dwell forever upon Earth. This original etching was also published by Alfred Cadart, Editeur - Imprimeur in 1874 for the publication entitled, L'Eau-Forte en 1874.
	*Hamerton's, Etching and Etchers:* The writings of Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) did more to restore the art of etching as an original and major art medium than any other nineteenth century author. His first book, The Painter's Camp, was published in 1862. He also served as the editor of The Portfolio (1870-1893), a major arts publication dealing extensively with the art of etching. Of his many books the most influential was Etching and Etchers which introduced both artists and collectors to the many creative and technical aspects of the medium. The first edition was published in 1868 and included original etchings by Jongkind, Haden and Palmer as well as late printings of seventeenth century Dutch masters. A second edition followed in 1876, but without any original etchings. The third edition (from which this original etching hails) was published in a large paper edition limited to one thousand copies. For this most valuable publication Hamerton secured etchings from such contemporary artists as Whistler, Haden, Palmer, Israels, Jacque, Jacquemart, Billet, Soumy, Appian, Legros, Unger, Herkomer and others. In total over twenty original etchings were printed for this important 1880 portfolio. It should finally be noted that Hamerton was meticulous in his inclusion of plates for this edition. Each of the etchings selected were in pristine condition, showing no sign of wear or deterioration of any kind. An original etching by Alphonse Legros, La Legende du Bonhomme Misere (The Legend of the Poor Old Man) hails from Philip Gilbert Hamerton's 1880 portfolio entitled Etching and Etchers published by Macmillan and Co., London.
Size:	9 X 6 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted With 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on laid, hand-made paper and with full, deckled margins as published by Macmillan and Co., London for Philip Gilbert Hamerton's portfolio entitled Etching and Etchers in 1880. Titled and signed in the plate along the lower margin. A brilliantly printed impression with full plate tone and in very good condition throughout. La Legende du Bonhomme Misere (The Legend of the Poor Old Man) represents a prime, original example of the etched art of Alphonse Legros.
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