Mytton Hall (Lancashire)
Sir Francis Seymour Haden British
Not on view
View of a short path leading toward an arched doorway; trees at left and right, casting shade along the walkway.
"Mytton (Mitton), the town, is at Whalley near Blackburn, and signifies "Mid-Town," being situated between the rivers Hodder and Ribble. Mytton Hall is an old Henry VII house which Mr. Haden was in the habit of staying at for the purpose of his Salmon Fishing in the river Ribble (the 'Lancashire River').
State III of V: Published in Études à l'eau forte (N XXIV). Additional drypoint work in the foliage at center, extreme left and upper left. Additional definition of the windows at the left and on left side of portal. Additional shading on right side of portal and on door itself. A series of oblique parallel lines at bottom of lower right window which passes over cornice. Extension of limb foliage at the center of upper window and additional work on hanging limb to right of this." [Source: Schneiderman, p. 71]
"Published State: First- 'Seymour Haden 1859,' added. Published in Études à l'eau-forte (No. XXIV.).Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1864." [Source: Harrington, p. 7]
