Name: SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)
Brand: The Early Ploughman or The Morning Spread upon the Mountains
Price: 400.00 USD
Availability: InStock

SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881)
The Early Ploughman or The Morning Spread upon the Mountains
etching, on laid paper, with partial watermark, circa 1861, Lister's fifth state (of nine), before the rebiting of the plate and the addition of two horizontal bars of dark cloud behind distant crags, a rich, well-printed impression, with narrow margins, in generally good condition, framed
Image: 5¹⁄₈ x 7³⁄₄ in. (130 x 198 mm.)
Sheet: 7³⁄₈ x 10³⁄₈ in. (187 x 262 mm.)

Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer, Lister E9

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Lot Essay

Palmer made studies of a plough pulled by Perugia oxen in 1839 during his visit to Italy, and likely referenced these observations when creating this etching (Lister p. 245).