Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
Moeris and Galatea
Date:
plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 13/16 inches (29.1 x 35.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A.17.iii"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Moeris and Galatea | Virgil's 9th Eclogue"; inscribed in graphite, lower left in different hand: "One of nine impressions taken after the lettering + steel facing had been removed | Printed at Dover's House, Campden, May 1924 | F.L.G."; inscribed in black ink, lower right: "note by F. L. Griggs, A.RA, [?RL]"; inscribed in graphite, lower right in Martin Hardie's hand: "Martin Hardie" (underlined)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10924
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | stream | ocean | sun | creeper | reeds | river | figures | pool | lake | sea | cliffs | light | water | oxen | cows | cattle | goats | sheep | animal art | literary theme | rocks (landforms)