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, beige wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 x 12 3/16 inches (22.8 x 31 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left within plate marks: "A.7vi"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Martin Hardie" (underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower right [in different hand]: "H. 7. | Rising Moon"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "A. 1573"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Rising Moon"; inscribed in graphite, upper left on back: "[?M] 31" (encircled)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10914
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | moon | genre subject | trees | hat | clouds | landscape | barrel | hills | horizon line | tower (building division) | church | shepherd | night | moonlight | mountain | staff | sheep | house | trough | cypress | pond | village