Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Black and brown wash, gouache, and gum on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 7 1/8 inches (26.7 x 18.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, verso, center left: "From the collection of A. H. Palmer - 3863 24th Avenue West - Vancouver. BC. | Exhibited at Victoria and Albert Museum Oct. 1926 to Feb 1927 - at the Palmer exhibition | Number 60 in the official Catalogue. | Sold at Christie March 4th 1929 --"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4643
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | forest | trees | river | night | moon | moonlight
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Rachel Rose: Goodnight Moon (SITE Santa Fe, 2023-06-02 - 2023-09-11)

The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Samuel Palmer 1805-1881 Vision and Landscape (British Museum, 2005-10-21 - 2006-01-22)

The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (National Gallery of Art, 1993-05-02 - 1993-07-25)

The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25)

British Watercolors - A Golden Age 1750-1850 (The Speed Art Museum, 1977-10-17 - 1977-11-26)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)

English Drawings and Watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon (Yale University Art Gallery, 1965-04-15 - 1965-06-20)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, no. 19, pl. IX, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

John Baskett, Paul Mellon's Legacy: a Passion for British Art: Masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 295, no. 112, pl. 112, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Raymond Lister, A catalogue raisonne of the works of Samuel Palmer, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK; New York, NY, 1988, p. 59, no. 73, NJ18 P19 A12 L57 (YCBA)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, no. 112, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Christiana Payne, ' A mild, a grateful, an unearthly lustre ', Samuel Palmer and the Moon , Burlington Magazine, vol. 154, no. 1310, May 2012, pp. 332, 333, fig. 30, N1 B87 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Christopher White, English landscape, 1630-1850 : drawings, prints & books from the Paul Mellon Collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, p. 120, no. 216, pl. CLXXV, NC228 W45 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15-June 20,1965, , New Haven, 1965, no. 19, Pl. 9, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14270