Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)
Title:
The Herdsman's Cottage
Date:
1850
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint with chine collé, retouched with graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 9/16 inches (29.9 x 21.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A. 3i."; inscribed in graphite, lower center in Martin Hardie's hand: "Coll.n. A. H. Palmer."; inscribed in graphite, lower left in Martin Hardie's hand: "The Herdsman's Cottage"; inscribed in graphite, lower right [in different hand?]: "I"; inscribed in graphite, lower right in Martin Hardie's hand: "MH."; inscribed in graphite, lower right in Martin Hardie's hand: "Martin Hardie" ("...n H..." underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower center on back: "Martin Hardie." (underlined).
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10917
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | dog (animal) | cows | cattle | oxen | sunset | architectural subject | man | herdsman | farmer | shepherd | light | sunlight | stream | trees | beams | window | river | brook | landscape | genre subject | staff (walking stick) | bag | sun | cottage
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, pp. 330-1, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29343