The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 15, 2026

A vertically oriented drypoint print with dense hatching and fine lines in black ink on cream paper depicts a man from the chest up. Facing forward with wide eyes, he has short wavy hair and a bushy, rounded beard. Shadows are created through deep hatching on the right side of his face. The lower composition remains blank, with a signature, A. Legros, visible in the bottom right corner.

Portrait of Sir Hiram S. Maxim

c. 1857–1911

Alphonse Legros

(French, 1837–1911)
France, 19th century
drypoint
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1945.315
Catalogue raisonné: Not in Bliss Catalogue-hand written-528
Location: Not on view
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1945.315