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A Backwater

A work made of drypoint on ivory laid paper.
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  • A work made of drypoint on ivory laid paper.

Date:

c. 1877

Artist:

Francis Seymour Haden
English, 1818-1910

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Francis Seymour Haden

Title

A Backwater

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1872–1882

Medium

Drypoint on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate: 13.9 × 20.4 cm (5 1/2 × 8 1/16 in.); Sheet: 20.7 × 30.8 cm (8 3/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Estate of Robert Forsyth

Reference Number

1927.1759

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