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 medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/8 x 14 3/16 inches (23.1 x 36.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "The Bellman. Remarque proof"; inscribed in graphite, center on back: "[?W]ER"; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back: "26900"; inscribed in graphite, lower center on back: "The Bellman | (Il Penseroso)"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "4. 4. [?Hoop]."; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "1965.1.11"
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:
B1994.4.1302
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cows | oxen | cattle | moon | thatch | farming | night | vines | mountains | hills | church | tower (building division) | village | town | sun | cottages | path | road | genre subject | bell | landscape
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)
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)