Horsley’s House at Willesley

Horsley’s House at Willesley

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.
Catalogue Entry
  1. Sir William Drake, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Francis Seymour Haden. London, Macmillan and Co., 1880. (88)
  2. H. Nazeby Harrington, The Engraved Work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E. Liverpool, Henry Young & Sons, 1910 (99)
  3. Richard S. Schneiderman, A Catalogue Raisonné of the prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden. London, Robin Garton Ltd., 1983 (89)
Other Collections According to Richard S. Schneiderman, A Catalogue Raisonné of the prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden. London, Robin Garton Ltd., 1983.

  1. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  2. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
  3. Williamson Art Gallery and Museums, Birkenhead, UK
  4. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  5. British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, England, UK

See Schneiderman for locations of later states.
References
  1. K. Engen, Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works. Cambridge , Chadwyck-Heley, 1979
  2. Garton and Co., British Printmakers 1855-1955. Wiltshire, Garton and Co., 1992
  3. Kenneth M. Guichard, British Etchers 1850-1940. London, Robin Garton Ltd., 1977
  4. Ian Mackenzie, British Prints: Dictionary and Price Guide. Woodbridge, Antique Collectors’ Club, 1998

 

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