Francis Seymour Haden
(1818- 1910)
 

Sir Francis Seymour Haden CMG FRCS PPRE (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. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Seymour_Haden

Thames Fishermen
1859
Drypoint
69,8 x 99,10 cm
National Gallery of Art
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1077.html

 

Drypoint is a technique in which a drawing is made directly on the metal plate with a needle or sharp object. No acid is used. When the metal is sufficiently polished, even a very light and fine line will be printed.

Such a drypoint can be made on site as a preliminary study for another etching.