Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)Printed by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1876–1938, British
Title:
The Homeward Star
Date:
etching begun ca. 1880; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (15.7 x 23 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A.14 iii"; inscribed in graphite in a different hand: "Illustration to Virgil's First Eclogue. The Homeward Star. opposite p.22."; inscribed in graphite, lower right [in a different hand?]: "Printed by FL. Griggs"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10922
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cup | star | figures | meal | hats | cattle | buildings | eating | people | sky | landscape | goats | animal art | science | food | bushes | town | apples | food | literary theme | men | chestnut | light | moon | sheep | bench | gathering | drinking | fruit | birds | mountains | village | table | oxen | night | cows | smoke | woman | chimney (architectural element) | west
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)