The Turkish Bath, With One Figure

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."
Draped woman depicted from the back entering a curtained area; man at left raising his foot on a bench, shampooing the arm of a third figure behind a curtain.
"Published State: First.-The bur to the left of the figure reduced, and there is additional shading on the floor."
[Source: Harrington, p. 65]
"State V (D1, H1). The drypoint bur to the left of the figure reduced. Additional vertical shading on floor behind feet of figure."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 243]