Artworks · Theodore Roussel

Phaeton Pattern Frame

1907 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper, joined and laid down onto wood frame, and varnished

47 × 35.5 × 2 cm (18 9/16 × 14 × 13/16 in.)

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Phaeton, Study for Decoration of a Frame

1907 · Etching and soft ground etching in black on thin cream laid paper

Image: 2.3 × 6.6 cm (15/16 × 2 5/8 in.); Plate: 5.1 × 8.3 cm (2 1/16 × 3 5/16 in.); Sheet: 5.7 × 8.3 cm (2 1/4 × 3 5/16 in.)

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Jupiter and Alcmene and Nymphs and Satyrs on a Frieze Medallion, Study for Decoration of a Frame

1907 · Etching and soft ground in black on cream laid paper

Image: 3.5 × 8 cm (1 7/16 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 5 × 8 cm (2 × 3 3/16 in.); Sheet: 5.5 × 8 cm (2 3/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

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Jupiter and Alcmene Medallion, Sketch for Decoration of a Frame

1907 · Etching in black on cream laid paper

Image: 3.4 × 8.2 cm (1 3/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Plate: 5.3 × 8.2 cm (2 1/8 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 5.7 × 8.2 cm (2 1/4 × 3 1/4 in.)

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Parson's Green, Afternoon, End of Winter, The Duke's Head

1906 · Etching with plate tone in black on cream Japanese paper

Image: 18 × 22.2 cm (7 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.); Plate: 19 × 22.2 cm (7 1/2 × 8 3/4 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 19.8 × 22.2 cm (7 13/16 × 8 3/4 in.)

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Sketch Plate, Parson's Green

1906 · Drypoint in brown on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 10.8 × 6.9 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/4 in.); Sheet: 21.8 × 14.6 cm (8 5/8 × 5 3/4 in.)

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The Children's Hour, Summer Evening, Parson's Green

1906 · Etching in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 8.2 × 5.1 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.); Sheet: 9.2 × 5.1 cm (3 5/8 × 2 1/16 in.)

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The Sign of White Horse, Parson's Green

1906 · Etching in black on ivory Japanese paper

Image/plate: 12 × 8.1 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 13.8 × 10.2 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

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The Children's Hour, Summer Evening, Parson's Green

1906 · Etching in black on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 8.2 × 5.1 cm (3 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.); Sheet: 9.6 × 7.9 cm (3 13/16 × 3 1/8 in.)

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The Sign of White Horse, Parson's Green

1906 · Etching in black on cream Japanese paper

Image/plate: 12 × 8.1 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 16.4 × 12.9 cm (6 1/2 × 5 1/8 in.)

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The Sign of White Horse, Parson's Green

1906 · Etching in black, with graphite, on cream Japanese paper

Image/plate: 12 × 8.1 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 12.7 × 8.1 cm (5 × 3 1/4 in.)

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Nude Figure Lying Down

1906 · Drypoint in black on cream laid paper

Image: 9.6 × 14.6 cm (3 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 10.1 × 15 cm (4 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 10.6 × 15 cm (4 3/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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The Sign of White Horse, Parson's Green

1906 · Etching in black on off-white laid paper

Image/plate: 12 × 8.1 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 12.6 × 8.1 cm (5 × 3 1/4 in.)

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Figure of a Woman Crouching

1906 · Drypoint in black, with plate tone, on cream Japanese paper

Image/plate: 17.8 × 17.5 cm (7 1/16 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 18.6 × 12.8 cm (7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in.)

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The Alcove

1906 · Drypoint in black, with plate tone, on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 12.7 × 17.5 cm (5 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 13.2 × 17.5 cm (5 1/4 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Spring

1906 · Soft ground etching in olive on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 24.8 × 18 cm (9 13/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.6 × 17.8 cm (10 1/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

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Nude Figure Lying Down

1906 · Drypoint in black on cream laid paper

Image: 9.6 × 14.6 cm (3 13/16 × 5 3/4 in.); Plate: 10.1 × 15 cm (4 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 10.8 × 15 cm (4 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.)

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Monaco from La Condamine, Monte Carlo

1905 · Etching in black on cream wove paper

Image: 13.6 × 22.4 cm (5 3/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate: 15.1 × 22.7 cm (6 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 16.2 × 22.7 cm (6 7/16 × 8 15/16 in.)

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Study for The Terrace, Monte Carlo

1905 · Graphite over drypoint in black on tan Japanese paper

Image/plate: 15.1 × 22.6 cm (6 × 8 15/16 in.); Sheet: 18 × 24.5 cm (7 1/8 × 9 11/16 in.)

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Portrait of Myself

1901 · Drypoint with aquatint and plate tone, on ivory laid paper, tipped to one of the artist’s printed borders (a color proof printing of his softground and aquatint frame design titled Grecian Key and Fly)

Plate/sheet: 21.4 × 16.5 cm (8 7/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 34.6 × 28.5 cm (13 5/8 × 11 1/4 in.)

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Portrait of Myself

1901 · Drypoint and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 21.6 × 16.5 cm (8 9/16 × 6 1/2 in.); Sheet: 25.6 × 17.5 cm (10 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

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Portrait of Basil Gotto (Black and White Version)

1901 · Drypoint in black, with selective wiping of plate tone, on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 8.1 × 7.5 cm (3 1/4 × 3 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 18.9 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 25.9 × 18.9 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.)

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Profile of a Woman

1900 · Drypoint in black on ivory wove paper

Image: 11.7 × 10.5 cm (4 5/8 × 4 3/16 in.); Plate: 16 × 11.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 16.5 × 11.9 cm (6 1/2 × 4 11/16 in.)

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Profile of a Woman

1900 · Drypoint in black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 16 × 11.9 cm (6 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.); Sheet: 16.3 × 11.9 cm (6 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

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Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Salamander)

1899 · Brush and black ink, gold metallic ink, and watercolor on semi-transparent tan wove paper

8.3 × 17 cm (3 5/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

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Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Plant Motif)

1899 · Brush and black ink on semi-transparent tan wove paper

9.2 × 20.1 cm (3 5/8 × 7 15/16 in.)

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Design for a Frame

1899 · Pen and brush and black ink, with graphite and traces of white gouache on semi-transparent yellowish brown wove paper

26.6 × 65 cm (10 1/2 × 25 5/8 in.)

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Mount for The Sea at Bognor

1897 · Softground etching, aquatint, lavis and drypoint in yellow-brown metallic, off-white, and blue-gray on ivory laid paper

Image: 28.3 × 25.4 cm (11 3/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 26.5 cm (11 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 32.8 × 27.9 cm (12 15/16 × 11 in.)

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Stag and Flower Pattern Frame

1897 · Etching and soft ground in black, brown and yellow metallic on ivory laid paper

Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 10.8 × 47.2 cm (4 5/16 × 18 5/8 in.)

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Mount for The Thames, Evening

1897 · Aquatint in yellow metallic ink on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 29.7 × 27 cm (11 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 33.8 × 30 cm (13 5/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

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Mount for Anemonies

1897 · Softground etching, aquatint, lavis and drypoint in black and yellow metallic on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 28.3 × 25.4 cm (11 3/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 26.5 cm (11 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 38.3 × 32.9 cm (15 1/8 × 13 in.)

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Mount for Summer

1897 · Color etching, aquatint, softground, and drypoint on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 36.2 × 27.5 cm (14 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet, trimmed within platemark: 37.5 × 29.8 cm (14 13/16 × 11 3/4 in.)

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Mount for Embers Glow

1897 · Etching, aquatint, softground, and drypoint in brown and yellow metallic on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 36.2 × 27.5 cm (14 5/16 × 10 7/8 in.); Plate: 38 × 30.3 cm (15 × 11 15/16 in.); Sheet: 41.3 × 31.5 cm (16 5/16 × 12 7/16 in.)

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Mount for The Thames, Evening

1897 · Drypoint, aquatint, softground and lavis in yellow metallic and off-white on ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 29.7 × 27 cm (11 3/4 × 10 11/16 in.); Sheet: 34.6 × 29.8 cm (13 5/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

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Mount for La Chine

1897 · Color etching, aquatint, softground, and drypoint on ivory wove paperboard

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.)

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The Thames, Evening

1897 · Etching and drypoint in black, with plate tone, on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 6.8 × 10.2 cm (2 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 11.3 × 16.2 cm (4 1/2 × 6 7/16 in.)

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Last Poppies

1897 · Etching and softground in black on ivory wove paper

Image, trimmed within platemark: 7.8 × 6.7 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 8.2 × 6.7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 11/16 in.)

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Last Poppies

1897 · Mezzotint, etching and softground in dark blackish-brown on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 7.9 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 9.6 × 6.8 cm (3 13/16 × 2 11/16 in.)

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Anemonies

1897 · Color etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, tipped onto tan wove paper mount with lavis in black and graphite

Image, trimmed within platemark: 11.4 × 7.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 in.); Sheet: 12 × 8.3 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/16 in.); Mount: 30.2 × 27.2 cm (11 15/16 × 10 3/4 in.)

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Last Poppies

1897 · Etching and softground in dark reddish-brown on bluish-ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 7.9 × 6.8 cm (3 1/8 × 2 11/16 in.); Sheet: 10.5 × 9.4 cm (4 3/16 × 3 3/4 in.)

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The Thames, Evening

1897 · Etching and drypoint in black, with plate tone, on bluish ivory laid paper

Image/plate: 6.8 × 10.2 cm (2 11/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 9.9 × 10.5 cm (3 15/16 × 4 3/16 in.)

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Anemonies

1897 · Color etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.3 × 7.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 in.); Plate: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 14.8 × 10 cm (5 7/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

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Anemonies

1897 · Color etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.3 × 7.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 in.); Plate: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 15 × 11.4 cm (5 15/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

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Anemonies

1897 · Color etching and aquatint on ivory laid paper

Image: 11.3 × 7.5 cm (4 1/2 × 3 in.); Plate: 12 × 8.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet: 14.3 × 9.7 cm (5 11/16 × 3 7/8 in.)

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Stag and Flower Pattern Frame (side frame section)

1897 · Etching and soft ground in yellow-brown metallic and black on ivory laid paper

Image/plate, trimmed within platemark: 10.8 × 50.3 cm (4 5/16 × 19 13/16 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 12.1 × 50.3 cm (4 13/16 × 19 13/16 in.)

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Mount for Last Poppies

1897 · Drypoint, aquatint, softground and lavis in blue-green and yellow-brown metallic on ivory Japanese paper

Image: 28.3 × 25.4 cm (11 3/16 × 10 in.); Plate: 29.8 × 26.5 cm (11 3/4 × 10 7/16 in.); Sheet: 33.3 × 30.9 cm (13 1/8 × 12 3/16 in.)

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Mount for The Sea at Bognor

1897 · Softground etching, aquatint, lavis and drypoint in yellow-brown metallic and light brownish red on ivory laid paper

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.)

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Stag and Flower Pattern Frame (top frame section)

1897 · Etching and soft ground in yellow-brown metallic and black on ivory laid paper

Image, trimmed within platemark: 10.9 × 47.4 cm (4 5/16 × 18 11/16 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 12.2 × 47.4 cm (4 13/16 × 18 11/16 in.)

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