The Henley Hat
c. 1890
Medium
drypoint in red on laid paper
Dimensions
plate (cut to plate mark): 13.3 × 9.7 cm (5 1/4 × 3 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.7578
Art Historical Context
Step into the elegant world of Théodore Roussel'sThe Henley Hat* (c. 1890), a delicate drypoint print in vivid red ink on laid paper Measuring a modest 13.3 × 9.7 cm, this intimate work from the National Gallery of's Rosenwald Collection captures the artist's finesse in late 19th-century print, evoking the refined Aestheticism of the era. Roussel, a French-born artist who settled in England, drew inspiration from James McNeill Whistler Japanese woodcuts, embracing the etching revival's emphasis on subtle tone and line. Drypoint, scratched directly into the copper plate, yields the soft, burr-...