The Pastoral Play

1888·Etching with foul biting in blue-green on ivory laid paper·Image/plate: 15.9 × 21.8 cm (6 5/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 16.5 × 21.3 cm (6 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.)

<p>Lady Archibald Campbell, born Janey Sevilla Callander, was an aristocratic patron of Whistler’s and the subject of three etchings and one pastel by Roussel. She performed in pastoral plays (outdoor theater), which she and her husband produced; this etching shows her at right, in the role of Pierrot in Théodore de Banville’s <em>Le baiser</em>. The play was performed on August 8, 1888, in Cannizaro Wood in the London suburb of Wimbledon. Part of the audience that day, Roussel apparently created the sketch for the print on the spot.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1888
Medium: Etching with foul biting in blue-green on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image/plate: 15.9 × 21.8 cm (6 5/16 × 8 5/8 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 16.5 × 21.3 cm (6 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Theodore Roussel

Artist

Theodore Roussel

Painting

Theodore Casimir Roussel (1847–1926) was a French-born English painter and graphic artist, best known for his landscapes and genre scenes.

Great Britain

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