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The Bellman

1879

Samuel Palmer

Artist, British, 1805 - 1881

Alfred Herbert Palmer

Printer, British, 1853 - 1932

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching on japan paper, pasted to board
Credit Line

Gift of Charles Ryskamp in honor of Paul Mellon, and in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

plate: 19.4 x 25.3 cm (7 5/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
sheet: 29.1 x 40.1 cm (11 7/16 x 15 13/16 in.)
Accession

1991.154.5
Catalogue Raisonné

Lister 1988, no. 11, State v/vii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1992

Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 57.

Bibliography

1968

Lister, Raymond. Samuel Palmer and His Etchings.New York: Watson-Gulptill, 1968.

1988

Lister, Raymond. Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of Samuel Palmer. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988: 11, v/vii

Inscriptions

lower right plate: S. PALMER. INV. ET. FEC. / MEAD. VALE / RED HILL / 1879; lower left in graphite: Samuel Palmer

Wikidata ID

Q74894231

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