Image

Samuel Palmer

The Weary Ploughman

Description

Maker

Samuel Palmer (British, 1805-1881)

Title

The Weary Ploughman

Year

1858

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

etching

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 19.2 x 26.4 cm (7 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Recto: Inscribed in pencil within plate-mark, LR: 'Samuel Palmer'; inscribed in pencil outside of plate-mark, UL: 'R'; UR: '£17-17/-'; LL: 'Is not this Up to A? Not quite [underlined] I think in some aspects-; LR: 'Touched proof in progress, former state of sky / from the Howard Mansfield Collection'.

Identification

Standard Reference Number

Lister 8.II

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

47.655

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Landscape Tradition in Printmaking
Jan 19, 1990 – Apr 22, 1990
Recent Acquisitions of the Print Room
Sep 28, 1948 – Oct 30, 1948

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Samuel Palmer (British, 1805-1881)
The Weary Ploughman, 1858
etching
Plate: 19.2 x 26.4 cm (7 9/16 x 10 3/8 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 47.655

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