Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Homeward Star
Date:
begun ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 9 5/16 inches (16.8 x 23.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A. 14ii | Frank Short. imp. 27.11.20"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "S. Palmer. | [...] "The Eclogues of Virgil"."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10919
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
town | chimney (architectural element) | light | mountains | people | west | men | sheep | hats | smoke | food | fruit | cup | woman | landscape | apples | buildings | night | figures | gathering | oxen | sky | table | chestnut | village | star | birds | science | cows | astronomy | bench | cattle | moon | literary theme | drinking | goats | bushes | meal | eating
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, pp. 322-3, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)