PENCIL SIGNED Etching ~ FRANCIS SEYMOUR HADEN ~ 1859 Kensington MUSEUM QUALITY

Description: An original etching by English printmaker Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), a champion of the Etching Revival. The print is titled "Kensington Gardens, No. 1" and it dates to 1859, this impression is hand signed and on special paper, a transluscent imitation Japan laid paper. It is an early state, I believe second or third, as there is not date or second title in the plate. The etching is signed in pencil by the artist and titled and signed in the plate. Plate measures 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches, the full sheet measures 8 x 6 1/8 inches and the print is in excellent condition. This same print is in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and numerous other institutions including the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Francis Seymour Haden was the unlikely combination of a surgeon and an etcher. Although he pursued a very successful medical career, he is mostly remembered for his etched work as well as for his writings on etching. He was one of a group of artists, including James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) and Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), whose passionate interest in the medium led to the so-called etching revival, a period that lasted well into the twentieth century. The extolling of etching for its inherent spontaneous qualities reached its pinnacle during this time. While the line of the etching needle, Haden wrote, was "free, expressive, full of vivacity," that of the burin was "cold, constrained, uninteresting," and "without identity." Haden's printmaking was mutually invigorated by his younger brother-in-law, James McNeill Whistler.

Price: 425 USD

Location: Spring Hill, Florida

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