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Haden, Sir Francis Seymour
England (1818 - 1910)
Fulham
1859
Etching and drypoint on laid paper
4 7/16 x 11 in. (11.2 x 28 cm) plate mark size; 5 15/16 x 11 7/8 in. (15.1 x 30.2 cm) sheet size
Stimson Collection, gift of Dorothy Stimson Bullitt
FA 77.91

Views of the Thames. In 1863, Haden and his brother-in-law, James McNeill Whistler, collaborated on a series of '48 views of the Thames.' Haden contributed the rural scenes while Whistler etched the urban views. Whistler's House, Old Chelsea, depicting Whistler's home with a star over the chimney, was probably intended for this set. In 1864 Phillipe Burty published L'Oeuvre de M. Francis Seymour Haden in the Gazette des Beaux Arts lauding Fulham and Egham as two of the best landscape etchings since Rembrandt. Whistler's jealousy of Haden's increasing success coupled with Haden's refusal to accept Whistler's mistress led to the abandonment of the Thames project and a final fist fight which ended their relationship in 1864. Although Haden never forgave Whistler, he still respected him as an artist, adding many of Whistler's prints to his collection. -- Label copy from The Landscapes of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, Reed Gallery, April 6, 1991 to September 6, 1991.