The Amstel, No. II
Medium
Etching from a zinc plate printed on cream paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 15.5 × 26 cm (6 1/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 21.3 × 34 cm (8 7/16 × 13 7/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41682
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...