Study for the Portrait of Edward D. Adams

Alphonse Legros French and British

Sitter Edward Dean Adams

1892

Not on view

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Title: Study for the Portrait of Edward D. Adams
Artist: Alphonse Legros (French, Dijon 1837–1911 Watford, Hertfordshire)
Sitter: Edward Dean Adams
Date: 1892
Medium: Goldpoint
Dimensions: Sheet (Trimmed): 9 5/8 × 7 1/8 in. (24.5 × 18.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Edward D. Adams, 1921
Object Number: 21.33.9
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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