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Title:: Portrait of Mrs. Cyprian Williams in Fancy Dress Year:: 1890
Artist: Roussel, Theodore Casimir After:  
Medium: drypoint Provenance: Hetty Pettigrew (not in Lugt)
Period: British 19th Century School/Style:
Catalogs: Roussel & Mackay 29;
Hausberg 36 only state;
Height(mm):
Width(mm):
134
98
Price: $850.00
Description: Fine impression in brownish-black ink with light plate tone, on laid japan paper, trimmed to the platemark by the artist and signed in pencil on the tab. Verso is a dedication to Miss Hetty Pettigrew, Roussel's model, signed with initials. The plate was cancelled after only 15 impressions. There is a slight deformation of the paper at the top from the presence of old hinges. Mrs. Cyprian Williams was an amateur painter and friend of the artist.