Hands Etching
Date1865
Artist
Seymour Haden
British collector, etcher, and surgeon, 1818–1910
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 1/2 × 8 3/8 in. (14 × 21.3 cm)
sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (19.1 × 26.5 cm)
sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 7/16 in. (19.1 × 26.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. Charles Lee Reese, 1940
Object number1940-11.181
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe Latin inscription from the Roman poet Horace refers to “the sweet solace of labor” – Haden’s commentary on the art of etching. Haden noted that the discipline of etching helped steady his hand for surgery. This was the frontispiece for his Études à l’eau forte (Studies in Etching).
