Self-Portrait at the Easel

1880/1886

Francis Seymour Haden

Associated Names
Francis Seymour Haden

Artist, British, 1818 - 1910

The image displays a grid of intersecting dark lines creating squares across the entire surface. Within this grid, there is a sketch of a profile view of a person in a contemplative position. The linear strokes suggest details of the face, hand, and clothing, evoking a sense of historical or artistic figure engaged in drawing or writing. The grid overlay intersects the lines, blending abstraction with familiarity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint on laid paper [cancellation proof]

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.2 × 13.8 cm (8 3/8 × 5 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 28.2 × 23.5 cm (11 1/8 × 9 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.4728

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1983, no. 199, State ii/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; verso: none

Markings

recto: none; verso: National Gallery of Art

Watermarks

HOLLAND

Wikidata ID

Q64956055

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