Sawley Abbey by Francis Seymour Haden

Sawley Abbey by Francis Seymour Haden

Sawley Abbey

Francis Seymour Haden

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Title

Sawley Abbey

 
Artist
Year
1873  
Technique
etching on zinc, printed in a brown/black ink 
Image Size
10 x 15" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
proof 
Annotations
signature and date incised into plate, lower left 
Reference
S.138; D.131; H.148 
Paper
ivory F.J. Head & Co. watermarked laid 
State
vi/vii 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
15609 
Price
$800.00 
Description

"Sawley Abbey" is illustrated on page 428 of The Print Collector's Quarterly, October, 1911. Sawley Abbey stands by the Ribble, a noted salmon stream. At the point depicted by Haden the stream enlarges into a pool, a location much favored by Haden for fishing.

A handful of lines, light-handed and airy, suggests a peaceful afternoon on a stretch of quiet farmland. Francis Seymour Haden barely touches the plate yet fully communicates a scene of familiar bucolic serenity, where the line between humankind and nature is no longer so evident.

The Ribble stream, one of the artist’s favorite spots for salmon fishing, lazily wanders past lounging sheep toward the viewer, and a cluster of structures sits along its banks in the distance.

 

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