Design for a Frame

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Theodore Roussel / French, worked in England, 1847-1926
Date: 1899–1908
Medium: Pen and brush and black ink, with graphite and traces of white gouache on semi-transparent yellowish brown wove paper
Dimensions: 26.6 × 65 cm (10 1/2 × 25 5/8 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: drawings (visual works)
Place: England
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg
Accession no.: 2011.619

Standing Figure in a Chinese Gown
Theodore Roussel
1890–94 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006102
Portrait Head
Theodore Roussel
c. 1894 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006103
Sketch of Edith Austin
Theodore Roussel
c. 1895–1900 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006105
Untitled Drawing for Frame Cartouche (Plant Motif)
Theodore Roussel
1899/1908 · Drawing
Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00006106