Mount for The Sea at Bognor
1897–99
Medium
Softground etching, aquatint, lavis and drypoint in yellow-brown metallic and light brownish red on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 25.4 × 28.3 cm (10 × 11 3/16 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 29.8 cm (10 7/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Sheet: 29.9 × 32.8 cm (11 13/16 × 12 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
211068
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Roussel’s Scarab, Grecian Key, and Fly Pattern Mount was printed in different ink color combinations for five of his nine color prints. There were two variants for The Sea at Bognor, with the cartouche, or “scarab”—in opaque white or rose ink; it was printed in green and gold for Last Poppies, and a white and gold variation was used for a small landscape entitled The Thames, Evening. The mount was also produced in shades of red and gold for Chelsea Palaces and in black and gold for Anemonies. Th...
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, ...