Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
Sunset
Date:
ca. 1861
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, gum, and graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 5/8 x 15 1/4 inches (27 x 38.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in pen and brown ink: "1861 | S. PALMER"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6245
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | mill | trees | river | corn | agriculture | peasants | clouds | sheep | sunset | couple | cattle
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)

Victorian Landscape Watercolors (The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1992-11-18 - 1993-01-03)

Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1992-09-09 - 1992-11-01)

Victorian Landscape Watercolors (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1993-02-11 - 1993-04-12)
Publications:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15242