Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Rising Moon, 1857
- Title:
- The Rising Moon
- Additional Title(s):
An English Pastoral
A Rising Moon
Shepherd and Sheep
Shepherd and Sheep (A Rising Moon)- Date:
- 1857
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, drypoint, and plate tone, with chine collé on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (27.3 x 36.4 cm), Plate: 7 x 9 13/16 inches (17.8 x 25 cm), Image: 4 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (11.8 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "[?31]1950"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "H. [?7]. The Rising Moon | by Samuel Palmer"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "C.1788 [?1]"; inscribed in graphite, lower center on back: "94081"
- 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:
- B1994.4.1298
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | barrel | church | clouds | cypress | genre subject | hat | hills | horizon line | house | landscape | moon | moonlight | mountain | night | pond | sheep | shepherd | staff | tower (building division) | trees | trough | village
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38902
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