About this artwork
Roussel was a pioneer in color etching in Britain, and a series of trial proofs illustrates his creative process. For many of the proofs, colored ink was painted onto the plate and then apparently printed without using a press. The completed version of this soft ground etching was among a set of nine color prints first exhibited in 1899. Roussel also made a painting of the same view of sky, sea, and shore at Bognor Regis, located on the southern coast of England.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Theodore Roussel
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Title
- The Sea at Bognor
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Place
- France (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 1895
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Medium
- Soft ground etching, inked à la poupée, in yellowish green and greenish blue on ivory laid paper
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Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 7.5 × 14.1 cm (3 × 5 9/16 in.); Sheet: 10 × 15.1 cm (3 15/16 × 6 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
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Reference Number
- 2011.573.2
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IIIF Manifest
- https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/214346/manifest.json