Art Institute of Chicago
Emma and Her Baby, Chelsea Embankment
Theodore RousselLinkedCulture matchlcp-e6400fb2e39f
- Date
- 1888–89
- Medium
- Etching in black on cream laid paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 210915
For many of his earliest etchings Roussel used small copper plates and focused on Chelsea scenes, conveying a clear sense of place while often presenting affectionate portraits of the neighborhood’s youngest residents. In this example, a nursemaid with her charge stands in front of Chelsea Embankment’s characteristic railings, with Battersea factories across the Thames River. Roussel employed a shorthand drawing style, almost caricature, to portray his figures.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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