Grayling Fishing
Medium
mezzotint in brown-black on wove paper
Dimensions
plate: 19.2 x 30.1 cm (7 9/16 x 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 30.1 x 43 cm (11 7/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of John Bernstein
Accession Number
2010.102.1
About the Artist
Francis Seymour Haden · 1818–1910
Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818–1910) was a pioneering English etcher and distinguished surgeon whose passion for printmaking elevated him to the forefront of Britain's Etching Revival. Born on 16 September 1818 in Chelsea, London, to physician Charles Thomas Haden, he received a classical education at Derby School and Christ's Hospital before pursuing medicine at University College London and the...