Fulham (Fulham, Sur La Tamise)
Sir Francis Seymour Haden 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."
View of Fulham on the Thames; trees at left, river at center with buildings in distance.
'Published States: First.-Additional dry-point work on the second poplar from the left, and in the shadows of the two trees on the right are inserted. Published in the earlier numbers of 'Études à l'eau-forte'(No.VI.)'
[Source: Harrington, p. 10]
'State VIII (H1). Published in Études à l'eau-forte (N.VI). The lower branches of the poplar, second from left, have been shaded; the poplars on right cast shadows on the ground with horizontal strokes. There is a loss of bur.'
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 79]
