Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
Foxgloves
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite on medium, smooth, white laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (17.1 x 22.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in artist's hand in graphite upper center: "budding fox glove"; in artist's hand in graphite upper right: "Soft knobs: Top like thyrsus"; in artist's hand in graphite center left: "Foxglove"; in artist's hand in graphite center right: "Edges of leaves | very clean & sharp | and leaves breadths | of half tint | no so juicy as | the tufts of ordinary | grass at A. | Long grass rather more | grey than either"; in artist's hand lower center: "Edge overhanging of crumbly tank"; in artist's hand in graphite lower right: "Foxglove"; inscribed on back in graphite center : "Fox Glove | 1678 With Grasses| Toys Hill July 55"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26)Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)