Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:: The Early Ploughman
Date:: begun before 1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 14 3/4 inches (30.2 x 37.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: Inscribed in graphite, in Samuel Palmer's hand, lower left below image within plate marks: "Finished state"; inscribed in graphite, in different hand, lower left below image within plate marks: "Coll. F. Goulding"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Early Plouman. [sic]" (underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "200-"; inscribed in graphite, lower center on back: "'Ploughman'"
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:: B1994.4.1300
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:: hat | mountains | light | cows | pitcher | trees | plough (agricultural equipment) | clouds | animal art | river | genre subject | oxen | morning | castle | landscape | birds | cattle | jugs | ruins | bridge (built work) | woman
Associated Places:: Perugia
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Christiana Payne, Toil and plenty : images of the agricultural landscape in England, 1780-1890, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 190-91, no. 95, ND1354.4 P39 1993 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38904