The Laundress
Medium
Aquatint and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 24 × 12.2 cm (9 1/2 × 4 13/16 in.); Sheet: 36.1 × 27.2 cm (14 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.)
Classification
aquatint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
49578
About the Artist
Théophile-Alexandre Pierre Steinlen · 1859–1923
Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, born on November 10, 1859, in Lausanne, Switzerland, grew up in an environment steeped in artistic influence, with his grandfather serving as a drawing teacher in nearby Vevey. He studied literature at the University of Lausanne before working as a designer trainee in a Mulhouse textile mill. In his early twenties, around 1881, Steinlen married Émilie Mey, and the cou...