Minneapolis Institute of Art

Evening

Francis Seymour Haden

Date

1864

Medium

Etching and drypoint

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This vertical landscape came into being as the result of an accident that marred a larger horizontal composition. Haden cut the copper plate and continued to work on the left-hand piece. What had been the periphery now became the center. He created a bit of drama by elaborating the densely wooded riverbanks, allowing them to set off the distant hillside view. England, Europe

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