Materials & Techniques: etching (printing process) / Period: 19th century / Subject Terms: labor

1. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1879
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (26.4 x 36.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 13/16 x 4 1/16 inches (12.2 x 10.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 17 1/16 inches (29.8 x 43.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (21.6 x 29.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

5. The Lonely Tower

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
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)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

6. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/16 x 7 inches (21.1 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

7. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 15/16 x 10 5/8 inches (20.2 x 27 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

8. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 16 3/8 inches (29.4 x 41.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

9. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 12 7/8 inches (26.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (19 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (16.3 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. The Sleeping Shepherd

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1857
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 13/16 x 8 9/16 inches (30 x 21.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. The Blacksmith's Shop

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Creswick, 1811–1869
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (11.4 x 15.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Left Bank, Meuse

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 × 10 7/8 inches (21.2 × 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

15. Choquer

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 × 11 inches (21.4 × 28 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

16. Meuse and Sambre, from the Gate of the Sambre

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 × 10 15/16 inches (21.8 × 27.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

17. Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 9/16 x 11 11/16 inches (21.7 x 29.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

18. Meuse and Sambre, from the Gate of the Sambre

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: 1822
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, rough, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 13/16 × 11 5/16 inches (22.4 × 28.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

19. On the Banks of the Thames

Creator:: Arthur Evershed, 1836–1919
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/16 x 10 13/16 inches (17.9 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

20. Vulcan's Forge

Creator:: Print made by Richard Earlom, 1743–1822
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 15/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.8 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Transfer from the Yale University Library and the Yale University Art Gallery

21. Dusty Millers

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1877
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (17.1 x 24.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery

22. Dusty Millers

Creator:: Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1818–1910
Date:: 1877
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thin, smooth, cream Asian paper (2 layers)
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (20 x 27.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield

23. Eight Rural Subjects

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, etching, stipple engraving and color woodcut on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 11 3/16 inches (31.8 × 28.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Castles in England

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on cream card mounted on beige card
Dimensions:: Image: 6 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches (17.4 x 12 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Front of the New Mills

Creator:: Print made by John Crome, 1768–1821
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 17 3/8 inches (31.8 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Prince Albert

Creator:: after George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: after 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/16 × 7 1/2 inches (26.5 × 19 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Prince Albert

Creator:: after George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: after 1855
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper mounted on contemporary cream card with unevenly painted gold border
Dimensions:: Mount: 10 1/16 x 8 1/16 inches (25.5 x 20.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. West Hill in Surrey, the Seat of D. H. Rucker Esqr.

Creator:: Print made by William Angus, 1752–1821
Date:: 1810
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/4 × 10 3/8 inches (20.9 × 26.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (22.3 x 29.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

30. Left Bank, Meuse

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: between 1818 and 1828
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 × 11 1/4 inches (22.2 × 28.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

31. Choquer

Creator:: Print made by George Arnald, 1763–1841
Date:: 1821
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 11/16 × 11 1/8 inches (22 × 28.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

32. Crofton

Creator:: Robert Havell, 1769–1832
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with etching, hand-colored on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (29.5 x 44.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Red-Scar, the Residence of William Cross, Esquire

Creator:: Thomas Higham, 1796–1844
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 x 10 3/4 inches (20.3 x 27.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. Clare Hall

Creator:: Print made by John Bluck, active 1791–1831
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 9/16 x 13 1/16 inches (26.8 x 33.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Penzance, Cornwall

Creator:: Print made by James C. Allen, active 1821–1831
Date:: 1833
Materials & Techniques:: Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper with beige chine collé
Dimensions:: Plate: 5 11/16 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. An Old English Mill

Creator:: Myles Birket Foster, 1825–1899
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 9 inches (32.4 × 22.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Water Engine, Cold-Bath-Field's Prison

Creator:: Print made by John Bluck, active 1791–1831
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 9 7/16 inches (32 x 24 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Chauncey Brewster Tinker

38. Regent's Canal Basin, City Road

Creator:: Charles Heath, 1785–1848
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 × 5 7/16 inches (9.5 × 13.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c.

Creator:: Print made by George Cooke, 1781–1834
Date:: 1832
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/2 x 11 13/16 inches (44.5 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Yarmouth, Norfolk

Creator:: Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1837
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 8 3/4 inches (28.3 × 22.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Cloisters of Worcester Cathedral

Creator:: John Greig, active 1803–1853
Date:: 1807
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 13/16 inches (9.8 × 14.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Glaud and Peggy

Creator:: Print made by David Allan, 1744–1796
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 15/16 inches (28.3 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

43. Crofton

Creator:: Robert Havell, 1769–1832
Date:: 1813
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with etching, hand-colored on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 9/16 x 17 3/16 inches (29.4 x 43.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Clare Hall

Creator:: Print made by John Bluck, active 1791–1831
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 14 1/16 inches (29.2 x 35.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. Harbour Scene

Creator:: Print made by Charles Golding Constable, 1821–1879
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 x 8 11/16 inches (15.3 x 22 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Professor Giles Constable

46. Interior of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity

Creator:: Print made by Thomas Dale, active ca. 1921
Date:: 1825
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (32 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald and Willi Holden

47. Fishing Boats at Hastings

Creator:: Print made by James Dobie, 1849–1911
Date:: 1882
Materials & Techniques:: Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/8 x 16 11/16 inches (31.4 x 42.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Janet and James Sale, Yale BA 1960

48. St. Sepulchres, The Round Church

Creator:: John Hill, 1770–1850
Date:: 1814
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint with etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 11/16 x 13 9/16 inches (27.2 x 34.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of the Rev. Peter Rodgers

49. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: plate etched in 1880; impression printed in 1920
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone (printed in brown ink by Sir Frank Short) on thin, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 15/16 x 10 1/2 inches (17.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. The Morning of Life

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1860-1861
Materials & Techniques:: Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 5/16 inches (22.6 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

51. The Weary Ploughman

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: 1858
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/16 x 11 9/16 inches (21.5 x 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

52. Opening the Fold

Creator:: Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Date:: plate etched in 1880; impression printed in 1926
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint, with plate tone (printed under the supervision of Sir Frank Short, Martin Hardie and Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, 1926) on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/4 x 11 9/16 inches (18.4 x 29.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

53. Country Scenes

Creator:: Print made by Bradshaw & Blacklock, active ca.1850
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint, stipple engraving, etching and color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper cut into eight scenes and mounted on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Image: 2 3/4 x 7/8 inches (7 x 2.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. The Lonely Tower

2. The Sleeping Shepherd

3. The Weary Ploughman

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5. The Lonely Tower

6. The Sleeping Shepherd

7. Opening the Fold

8. The Weary Ploughman

9. Opening the Fold

10. The Morning of Life

11. The Weary Ploughman

12. The Sleeping Shepherd

13. The Blacksmith's Shop

14. Left Bank, Meuse

15. Choquer

16. Meuse and Sambre, from the Gate of the Sambre

17. Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View

18. Meuse and Sambre, from the Gate of the Sambre

19. On the Banks of the Thames

20. Vulcan's Forge

21. Dusty Millers

22. Dusty Millers

23. Eight Rural Subjects

24. Castles in England

25. Front of the New Mills

26. Prince Albert

27. Prince Albert

28. West Hill in Surrey, the Seat of D. H. Rucker Esqr.

29. Dinant, No. 1: Southwest View

30. Left Bank, Meuse

31. Choquer

32. Crofton

33. Red-Scar, the Residence of William Cross, Esquire

34. Clare Hall

35. Penzance, Cornwall

36. An Old English Mill

37. Water Engine, Cold-Bath-Field's Prison

38. Regent's Canal Basin, City Road

39. Part of Waterloo Bridge with the Shot Tower, &c.

40. Yarmouth, Norfolk

41. Cloisters of Worcester Cathedral

42. Glaud and Peggy

43. Crofton

44. Clare Hall

45. Harbour Scene

46. Interior of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity

47. Fishing Boats at Hastings

48. St. Sepulchres, The Round Church

49. Opening the Fold

50. The Morning of Life

51. The Weary Ploughman

52. Opening the Fold

53. Country Scenes