Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Morning of Life
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "48"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "No.[?155]"; inscribed in graphite, lower left within plate marks: "A 10.iii"; inscribed in graphite, lower center within plate marks: "Fiseau or au Trufet, chagrin gris. no 73 | . 38-45. T. | encoche ici à droite"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "MH | 2"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "[?Le] July 69 M."; inscribed in graphite, upper center on back: "Dowdeswell"; inscribed in graphite, left center on back: "To be mounted | same as [?others] | cut mount + | [?Trim] paper | Over [?frame]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10925
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | apples | animal art | sheep | labor | washing | woman | light | boys | brook | figures | beams | river | bank | trees | basket | sun | stream | landscape