A brig at anchor

A brig at anchor

Item Information

Title:
A brig at anchor
Title (alt.):
Brig at anchor
Description:
View of a brig with her bow pointed toward the left. A small sailboat is at right, beside a boat without a sail. The moon is in sky at center.
Artist:
Haden, Francis Seymour, 1818-1910
Name on Item:
Seymour Haden
Date:
1870
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Drypoints
Marine prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Ships
Boats
Places:
England > London > Deptford
Extent:
1 print : etching with drypoint ; plate mark 14 x 21 cm
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Alternative title from item.
Schneiderman 134; Harrington 147
Additional information accompanying item: The sail of the barge much more heavily shaded in the upper part, horizontal lines having been added. The ripples in the water beyond and behind the barge again inserted. The figure of a man on the extreme right. This plate was actually etched from nature by moonlight. Signed in the lower left corner, "Seymour Haden 1870."
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Schneiderman, Richard S. (Richard Steven). "A catalogue raisonné of the prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden." Robin Garton Ltd., 1983, London.
Harrington, Henry Nazeby. "The Engraved Work of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, P.R.E. : an illustrated and descriptive catalogue." H. Young & Sons, 1910, Liverpool.
Notes (object):
Fifth state (Harrington 1). Published in "The Portfolio," VII (1876), 116.The sail of the barge is now heavily shaded at the top with horizontal lines. The outline of a bending figure has been added to the stern of the barge in drypoint, but because of the shadows the figure is partially obscured. During printing the drypoint work and lightly etched work wear.
Identifier:
18_05_000072
Barcode:
36666000033973