Self-Portrait at the Easel

1880

Francis Seymour Haden

Associated Names
Francis Seymour Haden

Artist, British, 1818 - 1910

The image shows a person seated in profile facing left. It appears to be an older man with distinct facial features, like a prominent nose and high cheekbones. His short hair seems to show signs of aging. He is wearing a dark jacket with a visible white collar. The man's right hand is raised to sketch or write on a vertical surface. In the background, there is light cross-hatching shading. No jewelry or additional objects are noticeable.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.1 × 13.8 cm (8 5/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.7 × 23.4 cm (11 5/16 × 9 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4652

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1983, no. 199, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1910

  • Harrington, H. Nazeby. The engraved Work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E., an illustrated and descriptive catalogue. Liverpool: Henry Young and Sons, 1910.

1983

  • Schneiderman, Richard S. A Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints of Seymour Haden. London: Garton & Co., 1983.

Inscriptions

recto: in plate, along bottom: 1880, Seymour Haden ad viv.[am] delineavit; at bottom right in graphite in later hand: (EE2381); verso: none

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

fragment [three letters?] to identified

Wikidata ID

Q64956047

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