Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Vine
Date:
1852
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, retouched with graphite on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (30 x 21.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower right: "I have only two early proofs of this plate, before the lower subject was vignetted. Each has the stain in the paper. This is one of the proofs | + I think the earlier of the two. Apparently it was worked on white [sic] the paper was damp from the press. AHP"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "A. 5i"; inscribed in graphite, lower center to lower right: "Colln. A H. Palmer. | Martin Hardie. | M.H."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10936
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
baskets | cloak | grapes | foliage | ladder | cherubs | wine | religious and mythological subject | leaves | trees | landscape | vat | cape | specific aspects, allegorical aspects of Bacchus; Bacchus as a patron | figures | vine | food | light | monarch