Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
Underriver Hills, near Sevenoaks, Kent, from the Grounds of J. Herries, Esq.
Date:
ca. 1840
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 14 1/16 inches (24.4 x 35.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4646
Gallery Label:
After his marriage in 1837 Palmer felt new pressure to make a living from his art. He relied on teaching for income while tempering his visionary approach to landscape in order to make exhibition watercolors that would find buyers. In August 1840 he made a trip to Kent, the locus of his earlier mystical landscape works. At Underriver he sketched this view, dutifully recording the rolling countryside with greater fidelity to nature. Gallery label for Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17)
