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Palmer, Samuel, 1805–18811

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Drawings & Watercolors1

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male1

Period

19th century1

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London board1
gouache1
gum arabic1
watercolor1

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drawing1
watercolor1

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landscape1

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Classical1
astronomy1
cave1
figures1
landscape1
light1
poem1
prehistoric1
roots1
science1
sheep1
shepherd1
standing stones1
stars1
stones1
sunset1
time1
tower (building division)1
trees1

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England1
Europe1
Stonehenge1
United Kingdom1
Wiltshire1

Associated People

Milton, John (1608–1674), poet and polemicist1

Exhibition History

Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)1
Samuel Palmer - Paintings and Etchings to Illustrate Virgil and Milton (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1978-11-22 - 1979-05-06)1
Samuel Palmer 1805-1881 Vision and Landscape (British Museum, 2005-10-21 - 2006-01-22)1
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (National Gallery of Art, 1993-05-02 - 1993-07-25)1
The Great Age of British Watercolors c.1750 - 1880 (Royal Academy of Arts, 1993-01-15 - 1993-07-25)1
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22)1

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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection1

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Samuel Palmer The Lonely Tower

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Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881

The Lonely Tower

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