The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning

1857

Samuel Palmer

Artist, British, 1805 - 1881

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, hand-colored with watercolor and opaque white with gold highlights

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 9.5 x 7.8 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
    overall (mat size): 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.6711

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lister 1988, no. 6, State i/v

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1982

  • Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1982, no. 42, repro.

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

2006

  • The Artist's Vision: Romantic Traditions in Great Britain, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2006 - 2007

Bibliography

1968

  • Lister, Raymond. Samuel Palmer and His Etchings.New York, 1968.

1982

  • Fine, Ruth E. Lessing J. Rosenwald: Tribute to a Collector. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1982, no. 42.

1985

  • Lister, Raymond. The Paintings of Samuel Palmer. Cambridge University Press, 1985: no. 62.

1988

  • Lister, Raymond. Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of Samuel Palmer. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1988: no. 6, i/v (mentions this impression).

Wikidata ID

Q65025502

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