Le Petit Bonheur d'herbe
Alphonse Legros, English (born France), 1837 - 1911
not dated
Etching on laid paper
Plate: 4 3/4 × 4 5/8 in. (12.1 × 11.7 cm)
Sheet: 6 1/16 × 8 3/4 in. (15.4 × 22.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Hersey Egginton in memory of her son, Everett Egginton, Class of 1921
PR.954.20.325
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in graphite, lower right margin: A. Legros (underscored); inscribed, in blue ink, lower center: Le petit bouleur d'herbe
Provenance
Collected by Hersey Egginton (1875-1951); bequeathed to his wife, Mary E. (Benner) Egginton (1875-1962), Garden City, New York, 1951; given to present collection, 1954.
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