Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Hands Etching – Ô Laborum
1864-1865
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Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Hands Etching – Ô Laborum
1864-1865
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 145 x 218 mm. (5 11/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
Plate: 138 x 210 mm. (5 7/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.3101
Title page from the book "Philippe Burty, Études à l'eau forte (Paris: Jules Claye, 1866)"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art, through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Schneiderman, Richard S. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden (London: Robin Garton, 1983), p. 201, #84.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left "Seymour Haden" Signed in plate: lower right "Seymour Haden" Inscribed in plate: center "Ô LABORUM / DULCE LENIMEN"; lower center, on burin's handle "1865"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
