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Grayling Fishing 1897 Original mezzotint with drypoint. Beautifully rich early proof impression in Schneiderman’s 2nd state, prior to the drypoint borderlines. £750 |
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Portrait of Sir Seymour Haden 1881 Original mezzotint. Original Alphonse Legros mezzotint engraving of Sir Francis Seymour Haden.
Beautiful impression the soft, rich blacks of the mezzotint burr printing dark and strong. A very fine example of this powerful portrait. SOLD |
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Calais Pier, after Turner 1874 Etching with drypoint. The largest of all of Haden’s printed works.
One of only 6 proofs printed in Schneiderman’s 5th state (of 12), before the foul-biting and before the drypoint shading on the distant sail. SOLD |
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The Lovers’ Walk, No.II 1864 Original drypoint. Very good signed proof impression with burr to the drypoint line. This impression may represent a previously undescribed state. SOLD |
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Egham 1859 Original etching with drypoint. Very good, clear impression with strong contrast, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden's first publication Etudes a l'eau-forte. SOLD |
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Kidwelly Castle 1859 Original etching with drypoint. Very fine, clear impression of the completed image, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden’s first publication, Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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A Brig at Anchor 1870 Original etching with drypoint. Very good impression, first issue as published by The Portfolio; prior to the later re-prints. SOLD |
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Kilgaren Castle 1864 Original etching . Excellent impression in the only known state, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden’s first publication, Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Windsor 1878 Original etching. Excellent, strong impression of this impressive etching. Windsor is one of the largest of Haden’s etched plates and was commissioned by The Fine Art Society, London. This striking impression printed in brown ink is one of only 25 signed proofs printed in Harrington’s first state state of the etching. SOLD |
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Railway Encroachment 1864 Original etching with drypoint. Very fine impression, printed with particular clarity, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden’s first publication, Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Out of Study Window 1859 Original etching with drypoint. Particularly strong impression of the freshly completed plate. A very fine printing indeed with bright contrast, as issued by the artist in his famous Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Near the Grande Chartreuse, after Turner 1863 Original etching, drypoint and aquatint. Superb, early proof impression in Scneiderman’s 2nd state (of six). An outstanding example of this rare print with pronounced etched line.
This plate displays Haden’s sole known use of aquatint. SOLD |
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Mytton Hall 1859 Original etching with drypoint. Excellent signed proof impression of the freshly completed plate, the new drypoint work at the lower right printing strongly. SOLD |
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A Brig at Anchor 1870 Original etching with drypoint. Rare pencil signed proof impression prior to publication in The Portfolio. One of only 25 impressions prepared in this way. SOLD |
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Shere Mill Pond, No.II (Large Plate) 1860 Original etching with drypoint. Excellent impression with fine, clear line in the detailed passages. A striking signed proof impression in the 6th state (of nine), as released by Francis Seymour Haden in his Études à l’eau-forte portfolio.
One of the most renowned of all of Haden’s etched works, the large plate of Shere Mill Pond has always been amongst the artist’s most sought after etchings. SOLD |
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Fulham 1859 Original etching with drypoint. Good, strong impression, prior to the removal of the central foliage and before the alteration of the church tower, as printed by Auguste Delâtre for publication in A. Cadart's Société des Aqua-Fortistes in c.1865. SOLD |
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The Keep 1877 Original drypoint. Very good, strong signed proof impression with burr. Scarce. SOLD |
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Newton Manor 1877 Original drypoint. Previously unrecorded state. An impression taken from the plate immediately after cancellation - this state was unknown to Schneiderman and no other impression has been located. SOLD |
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Kensington Gardens, No.1 1859 Original etching. Very fine signed proof impression with excellent tonal range. SOLD |
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Battersea Reach 1863 Original etching with drypoint. Excellent impression with strong contrast, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden’s first publication, Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Wareham Bridge 1877 Original drypoint. Excellent, richly printed signed proof impression with considerable drypoint burr. SOLD |
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A Lancashire River 1881 Original etching with drypoint. Haden regarded this large etching as one of his very finest plates. Excellent impression, printed printed in a warm brown-black ink with delicate plate tone. Apparently a proof printed by Haden just after he had completed the plate, prior to the numbered edition. SOLD |
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Dundrum River 1863 Original etching. Excellent, bright impression in the second state, with particularly clear, strong line. As printed by F. Goulding for publication in Fine Arts Quarterly Review in 1867. SOLD |
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Pool Dornie 1874 Original etching with drypoint. Outstanding impression of this rare etching, printed in warm brown ink with delicate brown plate tone. All known states of this etching are rare – Schneiderman records a total of only 12 impressions currently in existence. SOLD |
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Kenarth 1864 Original etching . Excellent impression in the first published state, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden’s Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Iffley Mill 1870 Original etching with drypoint. Excellent impression with strong etched line, printed with pale brown plate tone. SOLD |
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Little Calais Pier 1865 Original etching with drypoint. Excellent impression in the first published state, as issued in Haden’s Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Whistler’s House, Old Chelsea 1863 Original etching with drypoint. Exceptionally strong signed proof impression in the completed state of the plate, as issued in Francis Seymour Haden’s first publication, Études à l’eau-forte. SOLD |
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Battersea Bridge 1868 Original etching with drypoint. Outstandingly strong impression in Schneiderman’s 5th state (of eight), before the plate was cut down. SOLD |
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Breaking up of the Agamemnon, No.I 1870 Original etching with drypoint. Outstanding impression with brilliant clarity of line in the 8th state (of eleven).
The single most important subject of Haden’s career, Breaking Breaking up of the Agamemnon, No.I was printed by the foremost plate printer of the day, Frederick Goulding, and was issued by the artist himself through Colnaghi’s – with immense success. SOLD |
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