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Theodore Casimir Roussel
The Steam Launch, Chelsea Embankment.

1888-1889.

About the Item

1888-89. Etching. Hausberg 18. 3 1/4 x 4 3/4 (image and sheet). Edition about 30. Agnew's label verso. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on off-white paper. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream laid paper. An early proof, before the plate was retouched in 1925. Trimmed to the plate and tab by Roussel in imitation of Whistler. Signed on tab 'Theodore Roussel imp' in pencil. Housed in a reproduction frame that adapts part of Roussel's Stag and Flower Pattern Frame, Hausberg 164. Total frame size: 9 x 11 3/16 Roussel was born in Brittany and educated in Paris. After fighting in the Franco-Prussian War, Roussel moved to England in 1870. He settled in London and shared a studio with Percy Jacomb-Hood and Thomas Henry in Chelsea. Although he first began exhibiting in London in 1872 it was not until 1885 that Whistler became aware of his work and arranged to meet him. The two artists found they not only shared similar subject matter but their artistic sympathies and thoughts about the art establishment were also the same. Unusually for Whistler and his friends, they remained on good terms for life. He, like Whistler, became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1887 only to resign with Whistler and his followers in 1888. Whistler is supposed to have said of Roussel, “At last I have found a follower worthy of the master”. Although never actually a pupil, Whistler’s influence on Roussel’s work was immense, particular during his time living in Chelsea between 1880 and 1891. Roussel created about 170 etchings, printed in small editions. His prints are relatively scarce.
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