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Théodore Roussel

The Port of Fowey, 1911

Description

Maker

  • Théodore Roussel, 1847-1926, French

Title

The Port of Fowey

Year

1911

Medium

Copper plate

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • copper

Dimensions

13.8 x 16.8 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1987.013.6

Projects & Publications

Publications

Altered States

Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
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Théodore Roussel, Port of Fowey

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

Théodore Roussel created the prints using this plate and some of these tools.
The copper plate’s surface was first coated in a thin layer of ground (usually asphaltum, wax, and rosin), into which Roussel drew with a needle, marking the surface of the plate. The ground’s malleability allowed Roussel to make lines as easily as if he were sketching on paper with a pen. Once the drawn image was complete, Roussel placed the plate into a basin filled with acid, allowing the solution to “bite” into the drawn lines, incising them into the plate.

Artists can further modify their images using other tools. A roulette can be rolled over the plate’s surface, creating a regular dotted pattern. A burnisher is rubbed onto the plate’s surface, smoothing it and creating areas that usually print as white. A scraper can remove areas where the plate has been marked, erasing them from the image. The artist can continue changing the plate by marking it with the needle, or with the burin, which digs more deeply into the plate’s surface

The Landscape Tradition in Printmaking

January 19 - April 22, 1990

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