Sir Frances Seymour Haden

1881

Mezzotint's unique capacity for rich, velvety blacks creates dramatic sculptural effects in this portrait of the famous surgeon-etcher and Legros's contemporary.

Medium: mezzotint

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Alphonse Legros, Sir Frances Seymour Haden, 1881

Mezzotint's unique capacity for rich, velvety blacks creates dramatic sculptural effects in this portrait of the famous surgeon-etcher and Legros's contemporary.

Medium: mezzotint
Year: 1881
Seen at: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago