Seymour, Standing |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.405) | |
| Number: | 10 | |
| Date: | 1857/1858 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 98 x 67 mm | |
| Signed: | 'J. W.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 2 | |
| Catalogues: | K.6; M.5; T.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (2) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Seymour, Standing was done in pure etching. The treatment of the face is similar to other early portraits of the Haden children. There are extensive signs of burnishing creating a faint area of texture in the background, which, apart from the light shadow to left, is blank.
PRINTING
There are only two impressions known (
, ). The first state is printed in black ink on cream 'modern' (post-1800) laid paper. The second state, also in black ink, was printed on ivory chine on off-white wove paper (chine collé).
, ). The first state is printed in black ink on cream 'modern' (post-1800) laid paper. The second state, also in black ink, was printed on ivory chine on off-white wove paper (chine collé).