Chelsea Children, Chelsea Embankment
1889
Medium
Etching in black on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 16.1 × 13.1 cm (6 3/8 × 5 3/16 in.); Plate: 19 × 13.1 cm (7 1/2 × 5 3/16 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 19.8 × 13.1 cm (7 13/16 × 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
210937
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Here Roussel portrayed a privileged group of children in hats and pinafores, tended by a nanny. The location is Chelsea Embankment, across from a residential stretch of Cheyne Walk and not far from Albert Bridge, seen faintly in the background at left.
About the Artist
Theodore Roussel · 1847–1926
Theodore Casimir Roussel was born on 23 March 1847 in Lorient, Brittany, France, into a naval family. After serving in the Franco-Prussian War, he began painting in 1872 as an entirely self-taught artist, initially rendering scenes of daily life in the meticulous style of the Old Masters. In 1878, he settled permanently in London, where he immersed himself in the vibrant British art scene. There, ...