Seymour Haden
A Sunset in Ireland.
1863

Name: A Sunset in Ireland.
Brand: Seymour Haden
Price: 2000 USD
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About the Item

A Sunset in Ireland. 1863. Etching and drypoint. Schneiderman catalog number 47 state vii/xiv. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 (sheet 6 7/8 x 9 1/2). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed in pencil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Sunset in Ireland is surely Haden’s masterpiece. It presents the tranquillity of the river Dundrum (or Mateen) on the estate of Viscount Hawarden in Tipperary. P.G. Hamerton wrote "With the exception of one plate by Claude, this is the finest etching of a landscape subject that has ever been executed in the world." Illustrated: Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940; Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving; Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911):20 Born in 1818, Sir Francis Seymour Haden was an etcher, collector, and surgeon. He studied at the Derby School, Christ's Hospital and University College in London. He also studied at the medical schools of the Sorbonne in Paris and at Grenoble. He became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1842 and he was made a fellow in 1857. Haden became the president of the Society of Painter-Etchers and he was partly responsible for the Rembrandt exhibition at the Burlington Fine Arts Club in 1879. His published works include, The Etched Work of Rembrandt (1879), The Art of the Painter-Etcher (1890) and The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers (1891). In 1891 he was elected a member of the Athenæum and in 1894 his public service was rewarded with a knighthood. In 1905 his distinction was recognized abroad by honorary membership of the Institut de France, the Académie des Beaux-Arts and the Société des Artistes Français. He was awarded medals for etching at the Expositions Universelles in Paris in 1889 and 1900.

Creator:

Seymour Haden (1818-1910, British)

Creation Year:

1863

Dimensions:

Height: 5.5 in (13.97 cm)Width: 8.5 in (21.59 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)

Medium:

Drypoint,Etching

Movement & Style:

Modern

Period:

19th Century