Sawley Abbey by Francis Seymour Haden
Sawley Abbey
Francis Seymour Haden
Title
Sawley Abbey
Artist
Francis Seymour Haden
1818 - 1910 (biography)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.