Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Herdsman's Cottage
Date:
1850
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 3/8 inches (36.6 x 26.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center below plate marks: "A. 3. ii"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Printed by AH. Palmer. | Martin Hardie" ("Martin Hardie" underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Proof before publication in "The Portfolio", with Palmer's title [arrow pointing down to where Samuel Palmer has written "Sunrise"] | | Colln. A H. Palmer."; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "M.H."; inscribed in graphite in Samuel Palmer's hand, lower center: "Sunrise"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "S. Palmer"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "A 3 ii"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10918
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
herdsman | window | landscape | cattle | shepherd | cows | genre subject | sun | animal art | oxen | man | brook | light | bag | dog (animal) | cottage | beams | staff (walking stick) | trees | river | sunlight | farmer | stream | sunset | architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
Publications:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, pp. 330-1, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)