Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A., P.R.E. 1818-1910.
Early Morning, Richmond Park. 1859. Etching. Schneiderman 25. Undescribed proof between ii and iii, before the bird in the sky, As published in Études à l'Eauforte. 4 3/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 10 x 15 3/8). Illustrated: Keppel. The Golden Age of Engraving. An extremely strong, well-inked impression. Printed on simili-Japon paper with full margins . Mild time tone within the mat window area. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries. Inscribed in the plate, The Lark at Heaven's gate sings and To Dashaon the tree trunk on the right. Haden's wife, Dasha, was Whistler's sister. Signed in pencil. A very rare state of this dramatic image. $975.
Another proof, Early Morning, Richmond Park. 1859. Etching. Schneiderman 25.iii.publication in Études à l'Eauforte. 4 3/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 7 x 13). Illustrated: Keppel. The Golden Age of Engraving. An extremely strong, well-inked impression. Printed on fine wove paper. Very fain mat line; otherwise fine condition. Inscribed in the plate, The Lark at Heaven's gate sings and To Dashaon the tree trunk on the right. Haden's wife, Dasha, was Whistler's sister. A rich impression Signed in pencil. $775.
Haden etched this extensive landscape in the company of his friend, the famous French painter-etcher, C.F.Daubigny. The image shows the marshes on the north side of the Thames at Purfleet, opposite Erith, a few miles to the east of London. Early Morning, Richmond full of the poetry and freshness of the hour, was done, according to Haden, actually at sunrise. But in etching the plate, Haden was confronted with heavy foul biting on the left side; so he burnished it down and partially re-etched it to give the effect of sun flooding over the distant ground, where a low mist is rising.
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