Sunset in Ireland

1863

Francis Seymour Haden

Associated Names
Francis Seymour Haden

Artist, British, 1818 - 1910

The image depicts a landscape viewed from a slightly elevated angle, featuring a stream winding through the scene. Trees line the horizon, created using fine lines for texture. The artwork is monochromatic with black and white shades for contrast. The stream curls around grassy edges in the foreground, while dense trees fill the middle ground. The horizon shows a sky and a few birds in flight above the treetops.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Bequest of Margaret Coughlan)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. (14.61 x 22.23 cm)
    sheet: 7 x 9 1/2 in. (17.78 x 24.13 cm)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3265

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1983: no. 47, State vi/xiv

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Margaret Coughlan, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints of Seymour Haden. London: Garton & Co., 1983: no.47, vi/xiv

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Seymour Haden 1863

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