Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Weary Ploughman
Date:
1858
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 9/16 x 16 3/8 inches (29.4 x 41.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Weary Ploughman | or | The Herdsman. | (Early proof of Pubd State)"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Signed here | faintly" (this is next to an arrow pointing right to Samuel Palmer's signature, around which a graphite rectangle has been drawn); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "C.17511"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "(++124)"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "H. 8 -"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "250-"; inscribed in graphite, center left on back, written diagonally downwards: "[...] [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.1299
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
clouds | animal art | moon | branch | cows | oxen | cattle | labor | sunset | dog (animal) | lamb | calf (animal) | rocks (landforms) | landscape | village | bag | staff | genre subject | hat | road | path | roofs | mountain | hills | trees | houses | night | fatigue | smoke | farming | herdsman
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, p. 344, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)