5.2023.7: Rustics with Sheep and Goats in a Rocky Landscape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

5.2023.7

People

Samuel Palmer, British (London 1805 - 1881 Reigate, Surrey, England)

Title

Rustics with Sheep and Goats in a Rocky Landscape

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1844

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/377754

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor, graphite, and gum arabic on cream paper

Dimensions

15.4 × 27.1 cm (6 1/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
frame: 32.1 × 43.2 × 1.9 cm (12 5/8 × 17 × 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: back of frame, lower center, photocopy of original inscription: "This is protected from damp [&c] by being / several sheets thick. Let no one thin it. / S. Palmer."
• inscription: lower right, brown ink: S PALMER
• gallery label: back of frame, printed: THOS AGNEW & SONS LTD. / No. 37168 / BY APPOINTMENT / TO HIS LATE MAJESTY KING GEORGE VI / FINE ART PULBISHERS THOS. AGNEW / & SONS LTD, LONDON / LONDON. / 43 OLD BOND STREET, / PICCADILLY, W1X 4BA

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Sotheby's, London, March 22, 2005, lot 131, bought in]. [Agnew's, London ] sold; to George and Patti White, 2006, loan; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from George and Patti White

Object Number

5.2023.7

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• The British Sale: Paintings, Drawings and Watercolours, auct. cat., Sotheby's, London (London, March 22, 2005), lot 131, repr.

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