Fulham (Fulhum, 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.
'Trial Proofs:(d)"Fulham" added in right lower center.'
[Source: Harrington, p. 10]
'State VII(Hd). Published in Études à l'eau-forte (N.VI). Additional drypoint work on extreme left tree trunk-very blotchy bur- on roots and weeds near this tree, and additional drypoint shading on second poplar from right. New drypoint work on roof line of buildings in left distance. With the inscription 'Fulham'.'
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 79]
