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Eye Candy for Today: Francis Seymour Hayden etching

The Lovers Walk, No 1, Francis Seymour Hayden, etching and drypoint
The Lovers Walk, No 1, Francis Seymour Hayden, etching and drypoint

The Lovers’ Walk, No. 1, Francis Seymour Hayden, etching and drypoint, roughly 9 x 13″ (23 x34 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, look for both download and zoom links under the image.

This deceptively simple etching by the British painter and printmaker (active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) uses sweeping, seemingly casual lines to create texture — and, in effect, color — in a composition that invites you to step into the image. Notice the small, delicately suggested figures to the right of the first grouping of trees (images above, second from bottom).


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2 responses to “Eye Candy for Today: Francis Seymour Hayden etching”

  1. It’s as though he set up his press, plate, etching tools, and acid baths, beside the trail, sketched the scene, etched the plate, and then printed the result!

    Wonderful!

    Thank you, Charley

    1. It does have that feeling, doesn’t it! Thanks, Bill!