The Gate, Chelsea
c. 1889 - 1890
Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate (cut to plate mark): 20.9 × 16.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7572
Art Historical Context
**The Gate, Chelsea** (c. 1889–1890) by Thé Roussel captures a quiet moment at a garden gate in London's artistic Chelsea neighborhood, where the French-born painter and printmaker had settled. Roussel, a close associate of James McNeill Whistler embraced the Aesthetic movement's emphasis on beauty and harmony, often depicting intimate urban vignettes with a poetic restraint. This etching reflects the late 19th-century fascination with everyday scenes, evoking the refined, atmospheric quality of Whistler's nocturnes and Thames-side views. Printed in etching and drypoint on laid paper, the wor...