Excerpt from Catalogue of Méryon's Etchings Formerly Owned by Sir Francis Seymour Haden<br><br>HE collection of etchings by Méryon formerly owned by Sir F. Seymour Haden, and now cata logued for the first time, is one of the finest extant. Many of the important subjects were purchased from the artist by Sir Seymour himself, whose reputa tion as a connoisseur is of the highest. The collection contains a number of drawings which serve to illustrate Méryon's methods of composition.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.