Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Early Ploughman
Date:
begun before 1861
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white gouache on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 x 9 15/16 inches (17.8 x 25.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper middle: "not to be touched | but by me -"; inscribed in graphite, lower left within plate marks: "The Early Ploughman"; inscribed in graphite in a different hand, lower left within plate marks: "A. 9iv"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "M.H."; two crosses marked in graphite on the back
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection