Bank-Holiday Fishing

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, In the foreground, a fisherman, seated on a boat, seen on profile, holding a rod; behind him, seen from a distance, another fisherman standing; trees behind him.
In the foreground, a fisherman seated on a boat holding a rod, behind him, another fisherman stands riverbank;.
"State I (H1). The right portion of 'Sonning Bridge (The Undivided Plate)' after the plate was etched, printed and divided; the foliage behind the seated fisherman partially removed."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 397]
"Published State: First.-No signature."
[Source: Harrington, p. 114]

"State I (H1). The right portion of 'Sonning Bridge (The Undivided Plate)' after the plate was etched, printed and divided; the foliage behind the seated fisherman partially removed."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 397]
"Published State: First.-No signature."
[Source: Harrington, p. 114]