Sir Francis Seymour Haden
1883
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1883
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This sketch shows a serious-looking older man with a lined face and curly hair. He’s wearing a high-collared jacket, and the lines on his neck and forehead are drawn carefully. The paper is light, and the shading is loose, like quick pencil strokes. The artist signed it in the corner, but the name is hard to read. The paper has a faint date stamp—1883—and a dedication to someone named Ralph. Look up William Strang next to see how he used sketching to capture faces like this.
