Code: 10205
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Sir Francis Seymour haden
British 1818 - 1920
Sunset on the Thames
Etching with drypoint, signed in pencil
Provenance: Messrs. Aitken Dott & Son, Edinburgh
Sir Francis Seymour Haden practised as a surgeon but was also an influential and important etcher. He was a founder member of the R.E. and was its first President. Haden married Whistler's sister and he and Whistler are regarded as prime movers of the school of modern etching