Portrait of Miss Hetty Pettigrew

c. 1908

Theodore Roussel

Associated Names
Theodore Roussel

Artist, British, 1847 - 1926

Theodore Roussel

Printer, British, 1847 - 1926

The image shows a woman from the waist up, standing and facing forward. She has soft facial features, curly medium-length hair under a hat, and is wearing a dress with an off-the-shoulder collar, a large bow, and a belt at the waist. The background is textured gray with no other objects.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (cut to plate mark): 26.3 × 14.8 cm (10 3/8 × 5 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7555

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hausberg 1991, no. 80, state ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1991

  • Hausberg, Margaret Dunwoody. The Prints of Theodore Roussel: a catalogue raisonné. Bronxville, NY: 1991, no. 80, state ii/ii.

Inscriptions

"Theodore Roussel" lower right composition, in plate, artist's hand. "Theodore Roussel" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Not dated. "Imp" lower left tab, graphite, artist's hand. Verso: none.

Wikidata ID

Q65025711

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