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Alphonse Legros

1837–1911

Pour le Monument d’Alfred Stevens
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Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ləɡʁo]; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British. He was important as a teacher in the British etching revival.

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Femmes en Prière

Alphonse Legros
1888

John Gray

Alphonse Legros
1883

Memorial Portrait of Alfred Stevens

Alphonse Legros
1907
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Le Repas des Pauvres

Alphonse Legros
1877

The Retreat

Alphonse Legros
exhibited 1872

Rehearsing the Service

Alphonse Legros
c.1870

Cupid and Psyche

Alphonse Legros
exhibited 1867

Mask of an Old Man

Alphonse Legros
date not known
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Sketch of Alphonse Legros

Sir Charles Holroyd
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Professor Alphonse Legros [Part VII]

Sir William Rothenstein
1897
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