The Corner of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea

Theodore Roussel (1847-1926)The Corner of Cheyne Walk, ChelseaEtching, signed in the plate, unsigned on the artist's tab, trimmed to the platemark by the artist, framed13.3 by 18.9 cm (5 1/4 by 7 1/2in) plate sizeLiterature:  Margaret Dunwoody Hausberg, The Prints of Theodore Roussel: A Catalogue Raisonne, New York, 1991, no.27.The Corner of Cheyne Walk, Chelsea was executed c.1888-9 in a total of about 50 impressions.  The subject is the corner of Beaufort Street and Cheyne Walk, seen from the Chelsea end of Battersea Bridge.  The house with a veranda on the second floor is Belle Vue Lodge, next to it is Belle Vue House and to the right is Lindsey Lodge, where Whistler lived between 1866-1878.