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Alphonse Legros — The Tower
Alphonse Legros

The Tower

1857

Part of Legros' groundbreaking 1857 etching series that helped establish his reputation, capturing architectural forms with the precise linear technique that would influence the etching revival movement.

Medium
etching

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Alphonse Legros, The Tower, 1857

Part of Legros' groundbreaking 1857 etching series that helped establish his reputation, capturing architectural forms with the precise linear technique that would influence the etching revival movement.

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

Related themes

Monochrome, French, 19th Century, Etching, Printmaking, Medieval, Black, Narrative, Architecture, Romantic

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago