Dasha (Lady Haden), by Francis Seymour Haden

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Dasha (Lady Haden)

Fancis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

1858

Etching with Dry-point

3 3/4" x 5 1/8"

Source: Salaman, Plate 1

This is one of the earlier etchings which shows the influence of Whistler — not surprisingly, since the two were close at this time,and "would often etch in company" (Salaman 4). They were brothers-in-law: Haden's wife Dasha (Deborah) was Whistler's half-sister, whom he married in 1847.

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Bibliography

Hind, A. M., rev. E. Chambers. "Haden, Sir Francis Seymour [pseud. H. Dean] (1818–1910), etcher and surgeon." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online ed. 1 April 2015.

Salaman, Malcolm C. The Etchings of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, PRE. London: Halton and Truscott Smith, 1923. Internet Archive. Contributed by the Robarts Library, University of Toronto. Web. 1 April 2015.

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