Pierrot, Portrait of the Lady A. C.

Pierrot, Portrait of the Lady A. C. — Theodore Roussel. 1888.

Medium: Drypoint in black on cream wove paper. Dimensions: Image: 7.5 × 8 cm (3 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 11.8 × 9.4 cm (4 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Sheet, with signature tab: 12.2 × 9.5 cm (4 13/16 × 3 3/4 in.).

Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Around 1882 the society figure Lady Archibald Campbell commissioned Whistler to paint her portrait, and in 1884 he made an oil sketch of her performing outdoors in the role of Orlando in Shakespeare’s As You Like It . Several years later, Roussel portrayed her in costume for her role in Banville’s Le baiser . Unlike The Pastoral Play , which he sketched during the performance, this print, another print and a related pastel must have been created during one or more formal sittings.

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Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.