Friday 21 October 2016

Samuel Palmer - part 5

Samuel Palmer by John Linnell
Samuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.

This is part 5 of a 5 - part series on the works of Samuel Palmer. For full biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.

The Remainder of works in this series are undated, so will be out of date sequence:



n.d. Evening, Cattle Watering
gouache and watercolour and scraping out with varnish on card 10.8 x 7.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Fantasy View of Lake Nemi
graphite and watercolour on paper 28.5 x 46.6 cm
Tate, London

n.d. Harlech Castle
watercolour, gouache and varnish over graphite with scraping out on brown wove paper 29.5 x 21.9 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Ivy Cottage, Shoreham
watercolour and gouache with pen and brown ink on blue wove paper 76.2 x 59.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT


Ivy Cottage, Shoreham as it is today


n.d. Landscape Sketch
pink wash and pen and brown ink and brown wash with graphite on cream wove paper 18.7 x 40 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Mountain Streams and an Ancient Fortress
watercolour 14.7 x 19.8 cm approx.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

n.d. Mount Siabod from Tyn-y-Coed near Capel Curig 
gouache and watercolour with pen and brown ink and graphite on brown wove paper 47.3 x 37.8 cm 
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Mountainous Landscape, Wales
watercolour and body-colour over graphite 12.5 x 17 cm

n.d. Oak Tree and Beech, Lullingstone Park
pen and brown ink, graphite, watercolour, gouache and gum glaze on grey wove paper 29.6 x 47 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

n.d. Oxen Ploughing at Sunset

n.d. Ploughing at Sunset
watercolour
Private Collection

n.d. Road in an Italian Mountain Landscape
graphite, watercolour and gouache on grey paper 29.8 x 45.4 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. Rome from San Spirito
brown wash black chalk and graphite with white chalk on cream wove paper 35.9 x 59.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Rustic Contentment
watercolour and gouache on wove paper 40 x 18.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New haven, CT

n.d. Scene in Wales
watercolour and black chalk on beige wove paper 19.1 x 8.6 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Study of a Pilgrim
brown wash and watercolour with white gouache touched with gold over graphite on green wove paper 20.3 x 27.3 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Study of Old Buildings
brown ink and wash over graphite with scraping out on cream wove paper 59.7 x 43.8 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Study of Waves
grey and brown washes with white gouache over graphite on grey wove paper 52.7 x 40 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Barns
watercolour and graphite on wove paper 34.3 x 25.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Brothers Under the Vine
sepia wash touched with white 17.5 x 24.4 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

n.d. The Colosseum of Rome
black chalk with pen and black ink on paper 6.8 x 7.9 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

n.d. The Crescent Moon
pen and sepia ink and graphite on cream wove paper 18.1 x 11.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The End of the Day
graphite and watercolour, heightened with body-colour, scratching out and gum arabic 19.1 x 41.8 cm

n.d. The End of the Day: A Recollection of Italy
watercolour and gouache, with gum arabic glazes and graphite on paper 14.6 x 21.3 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

n.d. The Furze Field
graphite and watercolour 19 x 26.7 cm approx.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

n.d. The Primitive Cottage, Shoreham
pen and dark brown ink and grey wash on cream wove paper
37.8 x 27.6 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Rock Slip near Boscastle
gouache, black, yellow, and blue chalk on wove paper mounted on card 27 x 24.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Towered City (or The Haunted Stream)
graphite, watercolour and gouache on paper 50.5 x 70 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

n.d. The Valley of Vision
gouache, brush and brown ink, brown and grey wash, over graphite on cream wove paper 28.3 x 44.5 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Valley of Dolwyddelan
watercolour over black chalk and pen and brown ink, and graphite on cream wove paper 19.4 x 28.3 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. The Waters Murmering
chalk and wash 27.3 38.1 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

n.d. The Wayside Smithy
watercolour and graphite on beige wove paper 40 x 52.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Timber Wagon Crossing a Stream
watercolour and gouache on cream wove paper 15.2 x 10.5 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Untitled Landscape
watercolour 26.7 x 38.1 cm approx.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

n.d. View in the Campagna
graphite on wove paper 7.8 x 11.7 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

n.d. Villa d'Este at Tivoli from the Cypress Avenue
black chalk and watercolour on blue-grey paper 45.7 x 31.9 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

n.d. Villa d'Este at Tivoli from the Cypress Avenue
graphite pencil, accented with brush and black wash, on tracing paper 13.5 x 7.7 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

Wednesday 19 October 2016

Samuel Palmer - part 4

1849 Samuel Palmer by Henry Walter
Samuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.

This is part 4 of a 5 - part series on the works of Samuel Palmer. For full biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 3 also.


1861c Sunset
watercolour, gouache and gum over graphite on wove paper 38.7 x 27 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1861c The Early Ploughman
etching on laid paper 17.6 x 24.5 cm (plate)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1863 Moonlit Scene
graphite on paper 11.3 x 9.3 cm
de Young/Legion of Honour Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA

1864 (exhibited) A Dream in the Apennine
watercolour and gouache on paper mounted on wood 66 x 101.6 cm
Tate, London

1864 Going Home at Curfew Time
watercolour 27.3 x 39.4 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1864-70c An Illustration to Milton’s ‘Lycidas’
graphite and watercolour, heightened with scratching out and gouache 10.4  x 15.1 cm

1865 The Golden Hour
watercolour and gouache with graphite and scraping out 25.6 x 35.4 cm
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1868 Box Hill
grey, green and brown washes with black chalk over graphite on brown wove paper 30.8 x 24.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1868 The Lonely Tower
watercolour, gouache and gum arabic on London board 70.8 x 51.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1879 The Lonely Tower
etching 16.5 x 23.3 cm (image)

1880 The Lonely Tower
watercolour and gouache 16.8 x 23.5 cm
The Huntington Library, San Marino, CA


1868c The Towered City: The Haunted Stream
sepia wash with white body-colour on card 26 x 42.3 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1870 The Curfew (or The Wide Water'd Shore)
graphite, eraser, watercolour and gouache on paper 51 x 71 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

1870 The Near and the Distant: From Southern Italy
watercolour and body-colour over pencil, heightened with scratching out and gum arabic, on board 41.7 x 60 cm

1874 Old England's Sunday Evening
watercolour over graphite, heightened with body-colour, scratching out and gum arabic 30 x 70 cm

1879 Going to Fold: Study for Eclogue VI: 'Til Vesper Bade the Swain'
watercolour 12.7 x 19.2 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1879 The Eastern Gate
sepia wash 27.3 x 38.1 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1879c The Bellman
etching 19 x 25.1 cm (plate)

1879c The Winding Stream
watercolour10.2 x 17.8 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1880 The Herdsman's Cottage, or Sunset
etching 9.8 x 7.6 cm (image)

1880c Opening the Fold: Early Morning
watercolour over graphite

1880c Opening the Fold: Early Morning
graphite and grey wash with pen and black ink on cream laid paper 10.8 x 14.9 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1883 An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil:


1883 Eclogues of Virgil by Samuel Palmer
published by Seeley & Company, London


1876 "Eclogue IV: Thy Very Cradle Quickens"
study for an etching graphite on paper

1880 Opening the Fold
etching and drypoint 17.6 x 11.7 cm 

1883 Moeris and GalateaIllustration for Eclogue 9 
 etching 21 x 31.3 cm

1883 The Cypress Grove
etching
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

1883 The Homeward Star
etching 13-3 x 19 cm
1883 The Sepulchre
etching 21 x 32.1 cm
 The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio

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1890c The Shadowy Stream
watercolour on card 10.8 x 17.8 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Note: From here on in, the works are undated, so will inevitably be out of date sequence:


n.d. A Barn with a Mossy Roof, Shoreham
watercolour, pen and brown ink, white gouache and graphite on cream wove paper 27.6 x 37.8 cm Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. A Cottage among Trees, Shoreham
pen and black ink with grey wash on cream wove paper 19.1 x 27.6 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. A Harvest Field
watercolour 30.5 x 53.3. cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

n.d. A Rocky Shore with Distant Sailing Boats, Margate
watercolour and gouache 28.6 x 40.6 cm

n.d. An Ancient Barn at Shoreham
pen and black ink, grey and brown washes over graphite on cream wove paper 27.8 x 15.6 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

n.d. Cornfield and Church by Moonlight
brush and black ink on very thick, smooth, cream wove paper 40 x 50.8 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT