Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Bellman
Date:
1879
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/16 x 16 7/8 inches (28.4 x 42.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A .II 6."; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Proof by Griggs before | final edition. | Given to me by Griggs | MH."; inscribed in black ink, lower left: "one of 5 proofs printed by F. L. Griggs before the printing | of the final edition. signed by F. L. G. Short + myself. | Martin Hardie."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10904
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
tower (building division) | village | town | hills | mountains | church | vines | thatch | farming | night | sun | road | path | cottages | bell | landscape | literary theme | cows | moon | oxen | cattle
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, pp. 319-20, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)