Little Theresa
1784
Medium
Engraving and etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.3 × 24.5 cm (11 9/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 37 × 27.5 cm (14 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 58.6 × 45.3 cm (23 1/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
30060
Art Historical Context
**Little Theresa** *Jacques Couché, 1784* Engraving and etching on laid paper Step into the refined world of 18th French printmaking with Jacques Couché's *Little Theresa* (1784), a delicate engraving and etching housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection. Created on luxurious ivory laid paper— prized for its smooth texture and subtle sheen—this work measures an intimate image size of 29.3 × 24.5 cm, inviting close contemplation. Couché, a French engraver of the late Enlightenment era, specialized in reproductive prints that captured the elegance of contemporary...