HADEN, Sir Francis Seymour.

Autograph Letter Signed, to Charles Grey, trying to clear up a mystery about the missing plates in a book. 4 pp. 7 x 4 inches, in good condition. Sloane Street, 24 March, no year given.

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818 – 1910), surgeon, better known as an original etcher who championed original printmaking. He was at the heart of the Etching Revival in Britain, and one of the founders of the Society of Painter-Etchers, now the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, as its first president. He was also a collector and scholar of Rembrandt's prints.