James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1834-1903.
Seymour Standing Under a Tree. 1856-57. Etching. Kennedy 31.ii/iii. 5 3/16 x 3 3/4 (sheet 11 3/4 x 8). A fine impression printed on fine cream laid paper, with wide margins and deckle edges on 3 sides. Signed in the plate. A particularly fine example of this suberb portrait etching, Arthur would have been around six years old at the time this portrait was made. $4,000.
Seymour Standing Under a Tree is a portrait of Arthur Charles Haden, brother to Annie, and the son of Whistler's brother-in-law, the famous etcher, Sir Francis Seymour Haden. Whistler, with Haden, pioneered a new style of etching that broke away from the Victorian tradition of highly finished narrative prints in which etched work filled the entire frame of the image. These two men are considered to have been the prime force behind the British Etching Revival.
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