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 medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 5/16 x 7 inches (21.1 x 17.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center to lower right: "Sleeping Shepherd | AM1135 ."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.1297
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
book | oxen | labor | cattle | leaves | birds | trellis | trees | animal art | cows | genre subject | shelter | ladder | staff | plough | sheep | hat | hay | landscape | barn | shepherd | vine | light | sleeping | farming | fields | straw | cloth
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
David Ebony, Samuel Palmer's Luminous Garden, Art in America, vol. 94, no. 9, October 2006, p. 209, N1 A43 (LC)+ Oversize (HAAS) Some volumes are also available Online (ORBIS)