Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Sleeping Shepherd
Date:
1857
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 13/16 x 4 1/16 inches (12.2 x 10.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower right: "This is one of the only two proofs in this state which I have | AHP"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "MH"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10934
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
book | cattle | labor | oxen | leaves | sheep | landscape | staff | animal art | shelter | plough | hay | shepherd | sleeping | genre subject | vine | ladder | barn | trellis | cows | hat | trees | farming | fields | light | cloth | straw | birds