Near the Garden Charteuse, after Turner
Sir Francis Seymour Haden British
after Joseph Mallord William Turner 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."
A scene among woods and rocks; a bridge seen at a distance and a small building (faded) behind it.
"Published States: "First.-With the additional foliage."
[Source: Harrington, p. 29]
"This print, based on a drawing by Turner for the Liber Studiorum, is actually after a photograph of the drawing, which with Haden's annotations on the verso is now in BMPD.
State II (D491, H561). Aquatint burnished adjacent to and on rock which now has highlights. Leaves on central tree etched in as well as branches which previously had been drawn in drypoint. The central bridge re-etched though still faint, and there is very light, work at the lower part of the plate. Possible burnishing on right side of plate."
[Schneiderman, p. 149]
