Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Sepulchre, etching begun ca. 1800; impression printed in 1924
- Title:
- The Sepulchre
- Additional Title(s):
- The Waning Moon
- Date:
- etching begun ca. 1800; impression printed in 1924
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 13/16 inches (24 x 32.5 cm), Plate: 5 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches (13.3 x 18.8 cm), Image: 4 x 5 15/16 inches (10.1 x 15.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A. 16 iii"; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "Illustration to Virgil's Eighth Eclogue. The Sepulchre. | opposite p. 82"; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "Begun on copper by Samuel Palmer. Completed for publn. by A H. Palmer"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Dover's House Press. | Printed by F. L. Griggs | MH" (this inscription labels the initials "D H P" stamped in monogram); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Martin Hardie" ("...in Ha..." underlined)
Collector’s mark: Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (Lugt 760a)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10930
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- altar | dark | eclogues | figures | fire | flames | forest | grave | landscape | literary theme | moon | night | shadow | statue | tomb | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29356
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