Harry Kelly's, Putney

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 the riverside of the Thames at Putney; in the foreground, to left, small boats with people; in the background, a church tower and several buildings.
"Published State: First.- The sails and cordage of the vessels, the roofs of the houses, and the distant trees are worked upon. Early impressions of this state have the reflection of the smaller flag-pole, and small patches of bur on the roofs of the houses on the left. In the later proofs these have disappeared."
[Source: Harrington, p. 57]
"State IV (H1). The sails and cordage of the vessels, the roofs of the houses, and the distant trees are strengthened with drypoint. During the printing of the edition the drypoint wore: the reflection of the smaller flagpole and the work of the roofs of the houses will disappear in the later impressions."
[Source: Schneiderman, p. 231]