Shepperton (Shepperton, 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."
A river bank with trees and houses, in Shepperton, seen from the river.
"Published State: First.-'Shepperton Seymour Haden 1864.' Published in Études à l'eau-forte (No.VII.)"
[Source: Harrington, p. 39]
"This plate and Shepperton, a Fragment (No. 74A) were one plate, but divided. This plate, re-etched, shows considerably more work that the other portion.
State I(D1; H1). Published in Études à l'eau-forte (No. VII). This is the right portion after the plate was etched and divided. A scene of a house near the bank of the river has been re-etched. With the inscription 'Shepperton Seymour Haden 1864'
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 183]
