Challow Farm

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."
Donkey at center; trees, at right; a man viewed in profile and a manor house, at left.
"State VII (H1). Additional work especially in the middle and far distance. The gable end of the farm house on the left is now shaded, as well as the roof of the main building. The gable end of the barn on the right has been changed and has a low-arched doorway and a square door in the left. A small man with a stick and bundle over his shoulder is walking in the field."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 325]
"Published State: First-Additional work, especially in the distance and middle distance. The gable end of the building on the left is now shaded, and also the roof of the main building. The gable end of the barn on the right has also added to it a low-arched doorway, and a square opening above it."
[Source: Harrington, p. 88]