Sir Francis Seymour Haden, R.A., P.R.E.1818-1910.
A Lancashire River. 1887. Etching. Schneidermann 203. Undescribed proof between vii and viii, with the clouds touching the hills, but before the blindstamp in state viii. 10 7/8 x 15 3/48 (sheet 15 5/16 x 20 1/2). Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 27. An extremely strong, well-inked impression. Printed on heavy cream wove paper with full margins . Mild time tone within the mat window area. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries. Signed in pencil. $975.
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. A very rare state of this dramatic image. $975.
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