Manchester Art Gallery

Le Pecheur à la ligne (The Fisherman)

Alphonse Legros, 1837 - 1911



Le Pecheur à la ligne (The Fisherman)

Alphonse Legros 1837 - 1911

Summary

View of a river with a male figure seen from behind sat on the nearside of the bank. The figure is holding a fishing rod in his left hand and the line in his right hand. A wicker basket stands beside his left side. Three trees on the far side of the river.


Object Name

Le Pecheur à la ligne (The Fisherman)

Creators Name

Alphonse Legros

Date Created

1877-1878

Dimensions

plate: 30.1cm x 22.7cm
support (sight): 33.5cm x 25.1cm

accession number

1882.134

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, print
foreign

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

Etching

Credit

Gifted by Alphonse Legros, 1881


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