Axel Herman Haig and His Work

ILLUSTRATED F R M HIS ETCHINGS PENCIL - DRA INGS O , W AND ATE R - C L U RS ITH A B R Y AN D W O O , W IOG APH A DESCRIPTIV E CATAL OGUE OF HIS ETCHED WORKS E A A R M . S T R O N G L O N D O N IN T R O D U C T IO N T HE works of few etchers have achiev ed a wider and more general popularity than have those of Axel Herman Haig during the thirty years that have intervened between the publication of The Vesper Bell, the earliest of his more important prod uctions, and the present x day. During this period Mr. Haig has consistently e ercised his x r powers upon the noblest e amples of architectu e in England , x France, Italy, and Spain, with frequent e cursions into other a countries, among which his native l nd is to be included , always selecting worthy subjects, and producing works of art that have been a source of pleasure not only to those with power to appreciate m them as such , but to those also for whom fa iliarity with the scene depicted supplies an additional motive for acquiring an engraved representation of it. l M r. The recent complete, or practical y complete, collection of ’ Haig s etchings shown at the rooms of The Fine Art Society formed ’ x a striking e hibition of the life s work of an artist, and the approval with which it was received has s u ggested that a volume reproducing a typical selection from these may prove acceptable. This has been D un rendered possible by the readiness with which Mr . Robert “ thorne, who ever since the early days of The Vesper Bell has V AXEL HAIG AND HIS WORK ’ Hai . s been Mr g publisher, gave his consent to the reproduction of C those etchings, of which the opyright is vested in him. At l w the exhibition a ready referred to, a number of pencil dra ings i — studies made by Mr. Ha g for use in his etched work were al so w i i sho n , and though not intended orig nally to be seen by the publ c, x e cited almost as much interest as the etchings. Several of these r l acco dingly have been reproduced a so, together with a few of the - his water colours which Mr. Haig has painted for own amusement, or to serve the same purpose as his work in pencil . The water colours and some of the pencil drawings have been supplied by Mr. Haig, but in the case of many of the latter the grateful thanks of the publishers must be tendered to Mr. C . Almquist, Mr. F. J . ll . M r. a Fry, Mr. F . G Hogg, A P Lauder, and who have wall . temporarily denuded their s for the same purpose . Mr Dun thorne has also been good enough to permit e xtracts to be made from the pamphlets which he has issued in connection with several of the etchings, and to which the letterpress has been contributed l u . in many cases by his da ghter, Mrs H Tempest Rei ly - The copyright in all the drawings, in pencil and in water colour, and as well as in the etching where it is so speciﬁed , is the property x . of Mr. A el Haig C O N T EN T S C H A P T E R I T HE EARLY or AXEL HAIG C H A P T E R I I FROM SHIP- B UILDING T O HOUSE-B UILDING C HA P T E R II I EARLY TRAV ELS C H A P T E R IV B ECOM ING AN ETCHER C H A P T E R V ! Thu : V ESPER B ELL C H A P T E R VI IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES AXE L HAIG AND HIS WO R K CHAPTER VI I 1885—1892 C H A P T E R VIII RECENT YEARS C H AP T E R IX PENCIL DRAWINGS AND “LATER- CO LOURS C H AP T E R X AT T HE PRESENT TIME DESCRIPTIV E L IST OF AXE L HAIG‘S ETCHINGS AND THEIR SUBJE CTS IL L U S T R AT IO N S e He a Ha 1 05 — o a A x l rm n ig, 9 P rtr it The Publish ers wish it to be clearly under stood that both Editions of this Work are ’ . x strictly limited Th ey have Mr. A el B aig a authority for stating that after these are exhausted there will be no further reproduction of his Etchings . Ce falu Cath e dral A ! ui e t Ho ur Ch artre s Ca th e dral In the Aisl e s o e M nt St . Mich l We stminste r A bbey : Vi e w of the Transe pt T he o a of Ge o e F unt in St . rg Pa mpe luna : R e turning from the Fair Stockh olm : The Floating Marke t Burgos Ca the dral : Inte ri o r Tol edo : Inte ri or the ab a e a o In Ar ! u rt r, C ir AXE L HAIG AND HIS WORK C HAPTER VI I 1885—1892 C H AP T ER VIII RECENT YEARS ﬁ H A P T ER PENCIL DRAWINGS AND AT T HE PRESENT TIMI DESCRIPTIV E LIS THEIR SUBJE IL L U S T R AT IO N S e He a Ha 1 05— o a A x l rm n ig, 9 P rtr it R EP R O D U C T IO N S E T C H I N G S T he Portals of Rh e ims Cath e dral T he We Doo a Hol rood st rw y, y T he V e spe r Be ll T he M orning of the Fe stival oo a o e o A M rish Archw y, T l d i O ob e E e Ass si, ct r v ning T he Castle of Vitré Ce falu Cath e dral A ! uie t Hour Chartre s Cath e dral : In the Aisl e s o M M nt St . ich e l We stminste r Abbe y : Vi e w of the Chan ce l South Transe pt T h o Ge o e e F untain of St . rg Pampe luna : Re turning fro m the Fair Sto ckholm : The Floatin g Marke t B urgos Ca th e dral : Inte ri or Tol e do : Inte ri o r the ab a e a o In Ar ! u rt r, C ir AXEL HAIG AND HIS WORK Cant e rbury from the Stour Pal e ncia : T he T rascoro T he a a of . Gi e e B silic St ll s, Arl s Ulm Ca the dral Th f a e o . Church St Fr ncis, Assisi T he a a e a e a e o P l tin Ch p l , P l rm W A T E R - C O L O U R S M o nreal e : Inte rior o f the Cath e dral h e T rO hime Arl e s : T e Clo ist rs of St . p Cairo : Arab Stud e nts Sego via P E N C I L D R A W I N G S Be le m : T he Cl oiste rs ’ a e i e o the a a St . M rk s, V n c , fr m Pi zz Batalha : T he Cl o iste rs Strassburg : Kl e ine r Frankre ich ’ T he a o a a e . a e i e M d nn with Musk t, St M rk s, V n c : a o h H o of Salvi u s A mie ns Cath e dral A Fr gm e nt fr m t e ist ry St . Rh e ims Cath e dral unde r Re pair Cairo : T he Tomb o f K ait B ey f ia T he o . e ba e o Church St Est n , S g v Rh e ims Ca th e dral : De tail of t he We ste rn Po rtals Rh eims Cathe dral T he No rth Transe pt L e o n Cathe dral A mie ns Cath e dral De tail o f Choir-Scre e n ' T he a e o f the a a e . a e e Ch p l S cr m nt, St M rk s , V nic La a e ei e o e M d l n , Tr y s B : I he o H e o m usaco n t Convent f St . i r ny us C H A P T E R I T HE EARLY LIFE O F AX EL HAIG AX EL HERM AN HAIG, or HAGG , to give his patronymic its native Katthamra form, was born at , in the Swedish island of Gotland , in i the house which has been the home of his fam ly for generations, and in which he still spends such time as he can spare from his busy life in England and elsewhere . Those whose geography is rusty may be reminded that Gotland a or Gothl nd is an island about ninety miles long, situated in the Baltic nearly half way between Sweden and Russia, and a little more than a hundred miles to the south of Stockholm .

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