Pierrot en Pied, Portrait of the Lady A. C.

1888·Etching in brown with plate tone on cream laid paper·Image: 20.5 × 14 cm (8 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 25.4 × 19 cm (10 × 7 1/2 in.)

Around 1882 the society figure Lady Archibald Campbell commissioned Whistler to paint her portrait, and in 1884 he made an oil sketch of her performing outdoors in the role of Orlando in Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Several years later, Roussel portrayed her in costume for her role in Banville’s Le baiser. Unlike The Pastoral Play, which he sketched during the performance, this print, another print and a related pastel must have been created during one or more formal sittings.

Catalogue

Year: 1888
Medium: Etching in brown with plate tone on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 20.5 × 14 cm (8 1/8 × 5 9/16 in.); Plate: 25.1 × 19 cm (9 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 25.4 × 19 cm (10 × 7 1/2 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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