# Fisherman with a Hoop-net (La peche a la truble)

**Alphonse Legros** (French, 1837–1911)  
etching and aquatint on buff paper

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1952.10.31. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.42318.html).

## About this work

Alphonse Legros made this. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The image shows a man in a forest using a long tool. Tall trees flank him on either side. The ground rises to a hill in the background. The artwork is detailed, with intricate lines showing leaves and foliage. The color scheme is monochromatic, dominated by shades of brown and beige, giving a rustic feel. The scene is filled with trees and foliage, with a distant hill visible.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Aquatint.** Resin dust is fused to the plate and bitten with acid, so the plate prints areas of tone, like a wash, rather than lines.
- **Etching.** The artist draws with a needle through a waxy coating on a copper plate, and acid bites the exposed lines. The plate is then inked, wiped and printed under pressure, so the line keeps the freedom of drawing.

### [Alphonse Legros](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/alphonse-legros)

French, 1837–1911

Legros trained in Dijon and Paris, where he befriended Whistler and Fantin-Latour, and in 1863 he settled in London at Whistler’s suggestion. His etchings and paintings of peasants, beggars, monks and forests carry the sober realism of his French training. He became an influential teacher, serving as Slade Professor at University College London from 1876 to 1892, and helped to revive etching and the cast portrait medal in Britain.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Print
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Tree, Man
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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