Little Calais Pier 1865 |
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Original etching with drypoint. Signed by the artist in the plate. Ref: Schneiderman 88 iii/v; Harrington 98 i/ii S 79 x 159 mm; P & I 77 x 158 mm SOLD |
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Original Francis Seymour Haden etching with drypoint.
Excellent impression in the first published state, as issued in Haden’s Études à l’eau-forte.
This moonlit seascape was sketched directly onto the copper plate while Francis Seymour Haden stood on the deck of a cross-Channel steamer as it approached the French port of Calais at 3 a.m.
On fine laid paper with thread margins, on original sheet section from Études à l’eau-forte, as issued. Mild foxing in the thread margins, otherwise very fine original condition. |
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