Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Rising Moon
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches (27.6 x 41.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A.7.i."; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "M.H. | Martin Hardie" ("Martin Hardie" underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower right [in a different hand?]: "B [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10913
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
shepherd | horizon line | moonlight | trough | hills | staff | tower (building division) | village | hat | moon | landscape | sheep | animal art | night | genre subject | pond | clouds | church | cypress | trees | house | mountain | barrel