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Hands Dry-Pointing

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (English, 1818–1910)
[1877]

Medium/Technique Drypoint
Dimensions Platemark: 13.6 × 21.3 cm (5 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 20.1 × 28.4 cm (7 15/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Frederick Keppel Memorial Bequest
Accession NumberM23416
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Schneiderman (1983) 149, III; Harrington (1910) 160, First; Drake 143
DescriptionA hand draws upon an etching plate which is partially raised from the table top by the other hand. The edge of the table is expressed by three lines converging at the right.
Signed In plate l.r. Seymour Haden; On sheet, in graphite, l.r. Seymour Haden
Marks On sheet: l.l. oval stamp with initials F. K.; on verso MFA, Boston stamp with 23416 in center in graphite
InscriptionsOn sheet, in graphite: l.l. D143; u.l. D143; b.c. Hands Drypinting
ProvenancePDP Register entry: Date acquired, 10/1/1913 [exact to month]