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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
A prolific etcher, Legros played an active role in the French etching revival of the 1860s. Humble, rural landscapes peopled by farmhands and peasants were the subjects of many of his works. After forging a friendship with James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Legros left Paris and moved to London, where he became naturalized in 1880. In Legros’s work, French and English sensibilities merged. In The Abbey Farm , the softness of the rain and the stillness of the abbey farm are accentuated by the delicacy of Legros’s etched lines.
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Maxime Lalanne (French, 1827–1886) — The Garret
Paul Gachet (French, 1828–1909) — Six Etchings: Vesnots, Auv
James Ensor (Belgian, 1860–1949) — Acacia
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) — The Unsafe Te
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — Old Mill on the Danub
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — Roofs and Trees
Augustin Hirschvogel (German, 1503–1553) — River Landscape w
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — The Gate, Lustheim
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — Ferry at Schwabel Wei
Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910) — Shere Mill Pond
Rodolphe Bresdin (French, 1822–1885) — The Stream
Otto H. Bacher (American, 1856–1909) — On the Bronx
