Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Sleeping Shepherd, 1857
- Title:
- The Sleeping Shepherd
- Former Title(s):
- Sleeping Shepherd
- Additional Title(s):
- Early Morning
- 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), Plate: 4 13/16 x 4 1/16 inches (12.2 x 10.3 cm), Image: 3 3/4 x 3 1/16 inches (9.5 x 7.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower right: "This is one of the only two proofs in this state which I have | AHP"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "MH"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10934
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | barn | birds | book | cattle | cloth | cows | farming | fields | genre subject | hat | hay | labor | ladder | landscape | leaves | light | oxen | plough | sheep | shelter | shepherd | sleeping | staff | straw | trees | trellis | vine
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29360
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