Mount for La Chine
1897–99
Medium
Color etching, aquatint, softground, and drypoint on ivory wove paperboard
Dimensions
Image: 36.2 × 27.5 cm (14 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 36.9 × 28 cm (14 9/16 × 11 1/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
211077
About the Artist
Theodore Roussel · 1847–1926
Theodore Casimir Roussel was born on 23 March 1847 in Lorient, Brittany, France, into a naval family. After serving in the Franco-Prussian War, he began painting in 1872 as an entirely self-taught artist, initially rendering scenes of daily life in the meticulous style of the Old Masters. In 1878, he settled permanently in London, where he immersed himself in the vibrant British art scene. There, ...