Thomas Haden of Derby (Thomas Haden d'après Wright de Derby)
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."
Portrait of a seated man with long hair, crossing right leg over left, head resting on left hand.
"Trial Proof: (a) With 'Charles Thomas Haden' only. Coll. Lenox Library, New York. The plate was not etched from the marble medallion by Sir Rutherford Alcock, KCB (which at the time could not be found), but from an engraving of it by Fielding. The subject was the father of Sir Seymour Haden."
[Source: Harrington, p. 30]
"This print is after the painting, Edwin the Minstrel by Joseph Wright of Derby, in the collection of Lady Cynthia Colville at the time of her death in 1968.
State II (Da, Ha). Published in Études à l'eau-forte (No. XXV). Additional crosshatched drypoint shading at the back of the figure covers and partially obscures the inscription at the back of the figure. With the new signature Seymour Haden 1864 (D, u1.)."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 151]
Portrait of a seated man with long hair, crossing right leg over left, head resting on left hand.
"Trial Proof: (a) With 'Charles Thomas Haden' only. Coll. Lenox Library, New York. The plate was not etched from the marble medallion by Sir Rutherford Alcock, KCB (which at the time could not be found), but from an engraving of it by Fielding. The subject was the father of Sir Seymour Haden."
[Source: Harrington, p. 30]
"This print is after the painting, Edwin the Minstrel by Joseph Wright of Derby, in the collection of Lady Cynthia Colville at the time of her death in 1968.
State II (Da, Ha). Published in Études à l'eau-forte (No. XXV). Additional crosshatched drypoint shading at the back of the figure covers and partially obscures the inscription at the back of the figure. With the new signature Seymour Haden 1864 (D, u1.)."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 151]
Artwork Details
- Title: Thomas Haden of Derby (Thomas Haden d'après Wright de Derby)
- Series/Portfolio: Études à l'eau-forte (No. XXV)
- Artist: Sir Francis Seymour Haden (British, London 1818–1910 Bramdean, Hampshire)
- Artist: after Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) (British, Derby 1734–1797 Derby)
- Date: 1864
- Medium: Etching and drypoint; trial proof a (Harrington); second state of five (Schneiderman)
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 16 3/4 × 12 1/8 in. (42.5 × 30.8 cm)
Plate: 13 7/8 × 9 7/16 in. (35.3 × 24 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.314
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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