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Haden, Sir Francis Seymour
England (1818 - 1910)
Windmill Hill, No. 1
1877
Drypoint on laid paper
7 7/8 x 12 7/16 in. (20 x 31.6 cm) sheet size;6 x 9 in. (15.2 x 22.9 cm) plate mark size
Stimson Collection, gift of Dorothy Stimson Bullitt
FA 77.110

Landscapes. Haden's sensitivity towards nature echoed the Romantic poets. He found comfort in the still peacefulness of landscape as opposed to the emotive and restless quality of the human figure. In most of Haden's work man is always a minor character in the distance or turning his back on the view as he becomes engulfed by nature. In Evening the landscape closed ominously around the tiny figures in the boat as they work their way towards the shore. The human element is barely hinted at in Windmill Hill No. 1, completely absent in Windmill Hill No. 2, and unwelcome in The Haunt of the Mosquito. In each of these works Haden's consciousness of nature is distinguished by his attention to the passage of time. -- Label copy for The Landscapes of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Reed Gallery, April 6, 1991 to September 6, 1991.