Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
Moeris and Galatea
Date:
1880-1883
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 x 14 1/2in. (25.4 x 36.8cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "30" (written vertically); inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Samuel Palmer. Original Etching"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "'Milking Time'"; inscribed in graphite in a different hand, lower center: "(Moeris and Galatea) 1st State before lettering."; inscribed in graphite in a different hand, lower left: "son"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "88"
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:
B1994.4.1307
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | literary theme | ocean | creeper | figures | cows | animal art | sheep | cliffs | goats | light | river | water | sea | stream | reeds | lake | pool | oxen | sun | cattle | rocks (landforms)