Monday, 17 October 2016

Samuel Palmer - part 3

1830 Samuel Palmer by George Richmond
pen and brown ink on paper 18.1 x 11.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Ar, New Haven, CT
Samuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.

This is part 3 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 and 2 also.



1838-39 View of Tivoli
transparent and opaque watercolour with fabricated black chalk and graphite on paper, mounted on cardboard 32.7 x 41.6 cm Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

1838c Florence
watercolour 44.4 x 60.4 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1839 Florence
watercolour over pencil heightened with bodycolour 42 x 61 cm

1839c The Rising of the Skylark
oil on panel 30.8 x 24.5 cm
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, UK

1840c Underriver Hills, near Sevenoaks, Kent,
from the Grounds of J. Herries, Esq. *
watercolour 59.7 x 43.8 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT


*John Charles Herries (b. 1778) was a high-ranking politician in the British government. He died intestate at his home "St. Julians" now a private members club (I have been a member!) near Sevenoaks in 1855.


1843 View from Rook's Hill, Kent
graphite, watercolour with gouache and pen and brown ink
on paper 41.3 x 52.4 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1844 Guildford
watercolour and gouache and scraping out with some varnish over graphite on paper 27 x 18.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1845 Evening in Italy - the Deserted Villa
watercolour, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on paper 19 x 41.2 cm
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1846 Crossing the Ford
watercolour
Bucks County Museum, Aylesbury, UK

1846 Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens
illustrated by Samuel Palmer

1846c A Farmyard near Princes Risborough, Bucks
watercolour 39.2 x 54 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1847 Crossing the Bridge
transparent and opaque watercolour over graphite on paper 40.6 x 51.1 cm
The Morgan Library and Museum, New York City

1848 Carting the Wheat
watercolour with traces of pencil, gum arabic and touches of gouache 31 x 54 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

1848 Christian Descending into the Valley of Humiliation
watercolour and gouache on paper 51.9 x 71.4 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

1848-49c View of Clovelly, Devon
watercolour, gouache, black chalk and graphite 27 x 38 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

1848c Box Hill, Surrey
oil on paper 24 x 40.1 cm

1848c Kensington Gardens
watercolour over graphite on  paper 37.1 x 25.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1849 Sir Guyon with the Palmer Attending, Tempted by Phaedria to Land upon the Enchanted Islands
watercolour and bodycolour, with some gum arabic, over black chalk underdrawing 53.7 x 75.1 cm
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

1849c The North Devon Coast
watercolour over pencil, heightened with bodycolour and black chalk
18.7 x 26.9 cm

1850 Christmas, or Folding the Last Sheep
etching 9.8 x 8.1 cm

1850 The Herdsman's Cottage
etching on laid paper 9.7 x 7.7 cm (image)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1850 The Skylark
etching on chine collé: seventh or eighth state of eight 9.9 x 7.4 cm (image)

1850 The Willow
etching 12 x 8.2 cm (plate)
© Victoria and Albart Museum, London

1850c Sunset
etching on paper 9.7 x 7.7 cm (image)
Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1851c Harvesting
watercolour and gouache over graphite with scratching-out and touches of gum arabic on paperboard 37.8 x 51.5 cm
 National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

1851c Summer Storm near Pulborough, Sussex
watercolour on paper 72 x 51.5 cm
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

1851c Wilmot's Hill, Kent
watercolour and gouache over black chalk on paper 37.5 x 27.3 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1853c The Rustic Dinner
watercolour 75.5 x 53.3 cm
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

1854 Old Cedar Tree in Botanic Garden, Chelsea
black chalk and graphite on paper 59.7 x 43.8 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1854-57c The Sleeping Shepherd: Early Morning
etching 9.5 x 7.8 cm (image)

1854-57c The Sleeping Shepherd: Early Morning
etching, hand-coloured with watercolour and opaque white with gold highlights 9.5 x 7.8 cm (plate)

1855-57 The Rising Moon
etching on chine collé 14.6 x 22.1 cm (plate)

1856c A Woodland Study
brush and black and brown washes, with white gouache and scraping, ruled in graphite, on ivory paperboard 22.5 x 17.2 cm
 Art Institute of Chicago, IL

1857 Pele Point, Land's End
pencil on paper 38 x 28 cm
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

1857 The Rising Moon, or An English Pastoral
etching

1858 Going to Dea
watercolour 35.4 x 58.8 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1858 The Weary Ploughman, or The Herdsman, or Tardus Bubulcus
etching 13.3 x 20 cm

1860-61 (begun) The Morning of Life
etching 13.6 x 20.6 cm (image)

1861 Noon; Resting Time
watercolour, heightened with gouache and gum arabic, over graphite 20.2 x 43.2 cm
Private Collection

1861 Tintern Abbey at Sunset
watercolour, gouache and varnish over graphite with scratching on heavy card 70.5 x 33.3 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

Friday, 14 October 2016

Samuel Palmer - part 2

1830 Samuel Palmer by George Richmond
graphite on beige wove paper 35.2 x 25.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT
Samuel Palmer (1805 – 1881) English painter and etcher of visionary landscapes who was a disciple of William Blake.

This is part 2 of a 5 - part series on the works of Samuel Palmer. For full biographical notes, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.


1830c A Church among Trees
ink on card 15.2 x 18.4 cm
Tate, London

1830c A Village Church among Trees
black and grey wash on card 18.4 x 15.2 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1830c Cornfield by Moonlight
watercolour and gouache, with pen and ink, varnished

1830c In a Shoreham Garden
watercolour
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1831-32 Shoreham, Kent
graphite and grey wash on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper 7.6 x 11.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1831-32c The Harvest Moon: Drawing for ‘A Pastoral Scene’
ink and gouache on paper 15.2 x 18.4 cm
Tate, London

1833-34 The Golden Valley
watercolour, body-colour, gum arabic, gold paint, with ‘scratching out’ over pencil 12.9 x 16 cm

1833-35 A Pastoral Scene
oil and tempera on panel 30 x 40 cm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

1835 A Pastoral Scene
brown wash on wove paper 11.4 x 9.5 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT


1831-33 Moonlight, a Landscape with Sheep
ink on card 15.2 x 18.3 cm
Tate, London

1832c A Road Past a Farm
6.7 x 13 cm

1833 The Harvest Moon
oil on panel 22.2 x 27.6 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1833-34 The Shearers
oil and tempera on wood
Private Collection

1833-34 The Timber Wain
watercolour and gouache on cream wove paper 52.7 x 40 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven CT

1833-34 The Weald of Kent
watercolour and gouache on cream wove paper 27 x 18.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1833-34c A Cornfield bordered by Trees
oil on panel 17.5 x 14.9 cm
The Ashmolean Museum of Art, Oxford, UK

1833-34c The Bright Cloud
ink and watercolour on paper 22.9 x 30.5 cm
Tate, London

1833-34c The Bright Cloud
tempera on mahogany 23.3 x 32 cm
Manchester City Art Gallery, UK

1833-34c The White Cloud
oil on canvas 22.3 x 27.4 cm
The Asmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

1833c The Gleaning Field
tempera on Mahogany 30.5 x 45.4 cm
Tate, London

1834 Evening, engraved by Welby Sherman
mezzotint on paper 14.9 x 17.8 cm
Tate, London

1834 View of Lee, North Devon
oil on canvas 26.7 x 38.1 cm
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

1835 Culbone, Somerset
watercolour, grey wash and gouache over black chalk and traces of pencil 29.4 x 38.8 cm
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

1835 Mountains by the Traveller's Rest near Dolgelly
watercolour and gouache over graphite on beige wove paper
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1835 Pistil Mawddach, North Wales
black chalk and watercolour heightened with white on light buff paper 35.5 x 41 cm

1835 Pistil Mawddach, North Wales
watercolour, gouache and graphite 47 x 37.2 cm

1835-36 Pistil Mawddach, North Wales
watercolour, gouache and graphite with scratching out on cream wove paper 53.3 x 44.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1835-36 The Waterfalls, Pistil Mawddach, North Wales
oil on canvas 40.6 x 26 cm
Tate, London


1835 Tintern Abbey
gouache and watercolour with pen and ink over graphite on cream wove paper 59.1 x 76.2 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1835 Tintern Abbey
watercolour, gouache, brown ink and black chalk on white laid paper 37 x 48.6 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1835-36 Llwyngwynedd and Part of Llyn-y-ddina Between Capel Curig and Beddegelert, North Wales
gouache, watercolour, graphite and black chalk on wove brown paper 46 x 48.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1835-36 Rocky Landscape in Wales
gouache and watercolour with traces of gum and black chalk on cream wove paper 47.9 x 37.9 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1835c On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance
watercolour and black chalk over graphite with touches of gouache 27.1 x 38 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

1836 Conway Castle
graphite, watercolour, gouache and pen and brown ink on on wove paper mounted on card 76.2 x 59.1 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1837 Street of the Tombs, Pompeii
watercolour 30.2 x 42.2 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1837 The Villa D'Este, 1837
watercolour 17.3 x 37.4 cm
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

1837-39 The Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine from the Palatine, Rome
graphite and watercolour on paper 13.7 x 27.9 cm
Tate, London

after 1838 Italian Hill Town
watercolour and gouache over graphite on blue wove paper 32.1 x 23.5 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT

1838 The Cypresses at the Villa d'Este, Tivoli
watercolour, gouache and graphite on blue wove paper 43.8 x 59.7 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven, CT