The Children's Hour, Summer Evening, Parson's Green

c. 1906

Theodore Roussel

Associated Names
Theodore Roussel

Artist, British, 1847 - 1926

Theodore Roussel

Printer, British, 1847 - 1926

The image shows a park scene with a lamppost, figures sitting on a bench or barrier, and people walking in the distance. Trees fill the background with intricate patterns created by their branches, blending with the foliage-covered horizon. The artwork is an etching with fine lines and cross-hatching to depict textures and shadows, in monochromatic tones of gray and black, giving a calm and detailed visual impression.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate (cut to plate mark): 8.3 × 5.1 cm (3 1/4 × 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7561

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hausberg 1991, no. 69, state ix/ix

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. 69, state ix/ix.

Inscriptions

"Theodore Roussel" lower left 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. "7" verso, upper right, graphite, unknown hand.

Wikidata ID

Q65025717

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