Shere Mill Pond II, 1860
Francis Seymour Hadenexpand_more
Etching and drypointexpand_more
Gift of John and Laura Taftexpand_more 2018.128.2
Not on Viewexpand_more
A mill was recorded in this area in the Domesday Book in 1086. At that time, the mill was used to wash woolen cloth. In more recent times the waterpower was used for sawing lumber.
More than twenty years after etching this plate, Francis Seymour Haden recorded his thoughts about the work and its fate. He said that the detail would be impossible for him at his more advanced age. He knew it would always be among his most popular etchings, though he thought that several others from his later in his career were better artistically. We learn from his printer, Frederick Goulding, that in 1880, Haden wanted to alter or strengthen the image; so, he re-bit the plate—re-exposed it to acid. Together the men spent a snowy day printing new impressions.
Dissatisfied with the result, Haden destroyed the day’s prints and the plate.
Details
- Title
- Shere Mill Pond II
- Artist Life
- British, 1818–1910
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2018.128.2
- Provenance
- Robert Taft (1889-1953, Cincinnati and Washington, D.C.); by descent to John Taft, Minneapolis; given to MIA, 2018.
- Curator Approved
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