Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39)completed by Alfred Herbert Palmer, 1853–1931, British
Title:
The Sepulchre
Date:
etching begun ca. 1800; impression printed in 1924
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 13/16 inches (24 x 32.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A. 16 iii"; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "Illustration to Virgil's Eighth Eclogue. The Sepulchre. | opposite p. 82"; inscribed in graphite, lower left [in different hand?]: "Begun on copper by Samuel Palmer. Completed for publn. by A H. Palmer"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Dover's House Press. | Printed by F. L. Griggs | MH" (this inscription labels the initials "D H P" stamped in monogram); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Martin Hardie" ("...in Ha..." underlined)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10930
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | grave | tomb | statue | trees | forest | figures | altar | shadow | night | flames | literary theme | moon | dark | fire | eclogues