Seymour Haden, On the Test. Over 100 years old. Embossed. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. 

Up for bid is one of a number of great condition Seymour Haden etchings that was acquired through an auction put together by the Liverpool Public Library in order to raise funds. This piece was originally part of the Library's collection and as a result contains a small Liverpool Public Library embossment in lower corner of etching. Also contains the artist's embossment. Perfect condition! Great opportunity to own a work by a renowned etcher. Photo engraving from early 1900's potentially from Alexander & Sons.

 

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Artist: 

 

Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE (16 September 1818 – 1 June 1910), was an English surgeon, best known as an original etcher who championed original printmaking and founded the Society of Painter-Etchers, now styled the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (https://www.re-printmakers.com/) 

 

Among numerous distinctions Haden received the Grand Prix, Paris, in 1889 and 1900, and was made an honorary member of the Institut de France, Académie des Beaux-Arts and Société des Artistes Français. Haden was knighted in 1894 for his services "to the advancement of original etching and engraving". 

 

Up for bid:  

 

19. ON THE TEST  

 

See description of 'state' in attached photos. Description taken from premier published authority on the complete works of Seymour Haden, "The Etched Work of Francis Seymour Haden" by Sir William Richard Drake, F.S.A. in 1880.