Fulham (Fulham, Sur la Tamise)
Sir Francis Seymour Haden British
Not on view
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."
View of Fulham on the Thames; trees at left, river at center with buildings in distance.
'State XI (H2). Published in Études à l'eau-forte (N. VI). The previous inscriptions removed. With the inscription 'Fulham, S.H.' [Note 2: Careful study of this 'Fulham' with the 'Fulham' in states VII and VIII, especially the letters 'F' and 'a,' shows that it has been redrawn.'
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 79]
'Published State: Second.-The church tower is changed and made broader, and the bridge, which was of stone, is now of wood. The trunks in outline on the right have been removed. "Fulham S.H." only. Published in the later numbers of Études à l'eau-forte in substitution for the first state.'
[Source: Harrington, p. 10]
