Sawley Abbey

1873

Francis Seymour Haden

Associated Names
Francis Seymour Haden

Artist, British, 1818 - 1910

The image shows a landscape with a horizon about a third of the way down from the top. The scene includes buildings, trees, a river, grazing cows, fields, and a sky with wispy clouds. The brushstrokes are delicate and precise, capturing detailed scenery. The color palette is monochromatic with earthy tones of beige and brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Murray Lebwohl)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11 5/8 × 16 1/8 in. (29.53 × 40.96 cm)
    plate: 25.4 × 38.2 cm (10 × 15 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.143.1383

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schneiderman 1983: no. 138, State iv/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Senator William A Clark, Washington, D.C.; Mr. Murray Lebwohl, Esq., Alexandria, VA; gift to 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.138, State iv/vii

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Seymour Haden 1873; lower right in graphite: Seymour Haden / 35; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: Sawley Abbey; From Senator Wm A Clark's Collection / Apr. 20/25; by later hand, lower right in graphite: C1038 / 1998.40

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