Sir Francis Seymour Haden

Place: London

Born: 1818

Death: 1910

Biography:

Sir Francis Seymour Haden (16 September 1818 – 1 June 1910) was an English 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.