Dundrum River and the Two Asses (1863): Art, History and Details

Dundrum River and the Two Asses (1863) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Francis Seymour Haden worked professionally as a surgeon, experimenting avidly with etching in his spare time. He took up the medium while it was experiencing a major revival of interest in London, and he quickly developed an artistic reputation that outweighed his medical work. Most of Haden’s prints were landscapes. In this work, work, he worked experimentally, combining two separate prints (from a plate that had been cut in two) and drawing on the image in graphite to further reconsider the composition.

Object facts

• Title: Dundrum River and the Two Asses
• Date: 1863
• Creator attribution: Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Print
• Technique: etching with pencil
• Collection: PR - Etching
• Department: Prints
• Accession number: 1922.146

Collection credit

Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland

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