Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Lonely Tower
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/16 inches (26.1 x 35.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "4th [?P] B | 4 Canvas only -"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "NK 27139"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Lonely Tower"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "SA 1/2"; inscribed in graphite, center on back: "X"; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back: "1773" (encircled)
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:
B1994.4.1303
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
hill | night | genre subject | cart | shepherds | moon | tower (building division) | path | owl | literary theme | masonry | wall | labor | ox | landscape | trees | cow | science | stars | astronomy | sheep | architectural subject
Associated Places:
England | Stonehenge | Wiltshire | United Kingdom | Europe
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
Publications:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, p. 319, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38910