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Erith Marshes

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (English, 1818–1910)
1865

Medium/Technique Etching with drypoint on zinc
Dimensions Platemark: 23.9 × 38.2 cm (9 7/16 × 15 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 30.8 × 50 cm (12 1/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Henry Lee Higginson
Accession Number35.1193
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schneiderman (1983) 104, II; Harrington (1910) 113, First
DescriptionThe MFA's is state II.
A scene in the north bank of the tidal waters of the lower Thames, approximately twelve miles east of London, opposite Purfleet. The title etched in the plate more correctly describes the scene.
Schneiderman (1983) p. 229.
Signed In plate: l.l. S Haden, Marshes Opposite Erith 1865; l.r. in graphite Seymour Haden
InscriptionsIn plate: l.l. S Haden, Marshes Opposite Erith 1865; l.r. in graphite Seymour Haden
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 7/11/1935