Title
Windsor
Artist
Year
1878
Technique
etching
Image Size
13 x 17 1/2" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right; signed in plate, lower left
Edition Size
50 impressions, in this state
Annotations
dated in plate after signature; Roman numerals in plate, lower left: "VIII" (this does not correlate with the state; purpose unknown). Not noted in Schneiderman.
Reference
Harrington 199 iv/iv; Schneiderman 186 xii/xii
Paper
thick ivory wove
State
xii/xii
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
22082
Price
$450.00
Description
Etched toward the end of Haden's career, this large etching was done in 1878 in twelve states. It was based on a graphite drawing that Haden had done, on which he commented (in graphite): "Done on a railway bridge in bodily fear of train." (None came). Cataloger Richard Schneiderman notes in the raisonné of Haden's prints: "A creek banked with trees and shrubs, used by the Eton boys for swimming, leads into the Thames at Windsor; the tower and older parts of the castle in the left distance." Windsor Castle was built in the 11th century in the English county of Berkshire and has been occupied by British royalty since that time, starting with Henry I. Originally designed to protect the Norman dominance around the outskirts of London and oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames. Windsor Castle was built as a motte-and-bailey, with three wards surrounding a central mound.