Dundee Art Galleries & Museum: 272-1987-107
Artist: Haden, Francis Seymour
Date: 1865
State: 1/2
Size: 17.2 x 24.8 cm
Medium: Etching and Drypoint
Details | Etching and drypoint on zinc. Black ink on cream coloured thin (antique, possibly laid?) paper. Bottom right ‘Willesley. S. Haden 1865’. A rare piece, only six impressions were taken of the first state. Only a further eight were taken of the second state. |
Description | The scene depicts quite a rural scene, with a figure chopping wood on the far right. The house, which still stands, belonged to John Calcott Horsley (1817-1903) who was married to Haden’s sister Rosamund. The house was located in Cranbrook, Kent. Horsley was a gifted painter who exhibited works at the Royal Academy. He was also a member of The Etching Club and is noted as the designer of the very first Christmas card in 1843. |
Exhibited Dundee | It is likely that this print was the one exhibited at the Dundee Fine Art Exhibition, Albert Institute, 1879 (West Gallery, No. 1171, no price) and either already in Orchar’s collection or subsequently bought by him. Dundee Fine Art Exhibition Catalogue 1879, The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery and Museum. |
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Other Collections | According to Richard S. Schneiderman, A Catalogue Raisonné of the prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden. London, Robin Garton Ltd., 1983.
See Schneiderman for locations of later states. |
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