Dundrum River and the Two Asses

1863

Francis Seymour Haden

(British, 1818–1910)

Culture

England, 19th century

Medium

etching with pencil

Credit Line

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1922.146

Catalogue raisonné

Schneiderman 46A and 46B

State

i-ii/ii

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Location

Not on view

Description

Francis Seymour Haden worked professionally as a surgeon, experimenting avidly with etching in his spare time. He took up the medium while it was experiencing a major revival of interest in London, and he quickly developed an artistic reputation that outweighed his medical work. Most of Haden’s prints were landscapes. In this work, work, he worked experimentally, combining two separate prints (from a plate that had been cut in two) and drawing on the image in graphite to further reconsider the composition.