Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Morning of Life, 1860-1861
- Title:
- The Morning of Life
- Former Title(s):
- Morning of Life
- Additional Title(s):
Hercules and Cacus
Sheep-Washing
A Leafy Dell- Date:
- 1860-1861
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (21.6 x 29.8 cm), Plate: 7 1/16 x 10 1/16 inches (17.9 x 25.5 cm), Image: 5 5/16 x 8 1/4 inches (13.5 x 20.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below image within plate marks: "Trial Proof before the plate was cut"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "[?23 1] | July 69."; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Hardie 10III 1860."; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "250-"; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back: "A78202"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "PO."; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "X"; an arrow pointing upwards has been inscribed in graphite, lower left on back.
Lettered lower left within image: "S. PALMER."
Signed in graphite, lower right below image within plate marks: "Samuel Palmer"
- 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:
- B1994.4.1301
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | apples | bank | basket | beams | boys | brook | figures | genre subject | labor | landscape | light | river | sheep | stream | sun | trees | washing | woman
- Associated Places:
- Redhill
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38906
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