The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 17, 2026

A vertically oriented etching in black ink depicts a wooded, rocky hillside. On the right, two large tree trunks with dense, hatched foliage rise to the top of the frame. To the left, a smaller bush sits before a steep, craggy slope. Fine, overlapping lines and cross-hatching create deep shadows and rugged textures throughout. A signature appears in the lower right corner, outside the plate mark.

The Old City

c. 1857–1911

Alphonse Legros

(French, 1837–1911)
France, 19th-20th century
etching
Gift of Ralph King 1920.555
Catalogue raisonné: Bliss 357
Location: Not on view
  • "Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 7, no. 10 (1920): 160-62. Mentioned: p. 161 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=The Old City|url=false|author=Alphonse Legros|year=c. 1857–1911|access-date=17 July 2026|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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