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 about six years old at the time this portrait was made. $2,750.
Seymour Standing Under a Tree is a portrait of Francis Seymour Haden, Jr. (born 1850), the elder son of Whistler's half-sister, Deborah Delano (nicknamed Dasha. Anne Harriet Haden, known as Annie (born 1848), was also the subject of Whistler etchings: Annie (Kennedy 10) and Annie Seaated (Kennedy 30).
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