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Alphonse Legros — Fishermen on the Wharf at Boulogne
Alphonse Legros

Fishermen on the Wharf at Boulogne

1857

Working people at the harbor are rendered with sympathetic realism, exemplifying the artist's commitment to depicting the dignity of labor through careful observation.

Medium
drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, Fishermen on the Wharf at Boulogne, 1857

Working people at the harbor are rendered with sympathetic realism, exemplifying the artist's commitment to depicting the dignity of labor through careful observation.

Medium
drypoint
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Monochrome, French, 19th Century, Etching, Harbor, Landscape, Working Class, Realism, Figurative, Drypoint

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago