Sir Francis Seymour Haden
Whistler’s House, Old Chelsea
1863
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint on chine collé, 157 × 330 mm. (6 3/16 × 13 in.)
Credit Line
The Conrad Collection
Object Number
1932.17.37
Haden published writings on etching and exhibited in London and Paris. The works shown here are exceptions in his oeuvre, as most of his etchings treat rural subjects. It may be possible that these works belonged to a joint project he had planned with Whistler
around 1863.
Both prints depict Chelsea and, on the opposite shore, Battersea, the area most depicted by Whistler after the docklands. Chelsea was known for its boat building, especially of smaller craft that could navigate the upper Thames.
Stamp of the Burty collection in red ink in l/l - bought from A. Hahlo & Co. in 1912
BMA, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," 14 February - 1 April, 1984.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
Susan Dackerman, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
Inscribed: Signed l/r in pencil, Seymour Haden.
