Samuel Palmer

British · 1805–1881 · Painter, Printmaker

Samuel Palmer Hon.RE was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced… (Wikipedia)

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Samuel Palmer Hon.RE was a British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker. He was also a prolific writer. Palmer was a key figure in Romanticism in Britain and produced visionary pastoral paintings.

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Born 1805, NewingtonDied 1881, RedhillOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q982251 ↗ULAN 500020452 ↗Museum works 24

AncientsRomanticism

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Samuel Palmer, The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning — **The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning**1857 · etching, hand-colored with watercolor and opaque white with gold highlights
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, The Morning of Life — **The Morning of Life**1860/1861 · etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, The Weary Ploughman — **The Weary Ploughman**1858 · etching on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, The Bellman — **The Bellman**1879 · etching on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, The Rising Moon, or An English Pastoral — **The Rising Moon, or An English Pastoral**1857 · etching
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection — Open Access (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, Weg in een Italiaans berglandschap — **Weg in een Italiaans berglandschap**1815 - 1881
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Samuel Palmer, Sketch from Nature in Sion Park — **Sketch from Nature in Sion Park**1819
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel Palmer, The Harvest Moon — **The Harvest Moon**1833
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel Palmer, The Gleaning Field — **The Gleaning Field**1833
National Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — National Gallery

Samuel Palmer, The Waterfalls, Pistil Mawddach, North Wales — **The Waterfalls, Pistil Mawddach, North Wales**1835
Tate ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tate

Samuel Palmer, A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River — **A Moonlit Scene with a Winding River**1827
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel Palmer, A Pastoral Scene — **A Pastoral Scene**1835
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel Palmer, Sunset — **Sunset**1861
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel Palmer, The Weald of Kent — **The Weald of Kent**1833
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

Samuel Palmer, The Early Ploughman — **The Early Ploughman**c. 1861 · Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Harold R. Warner — public domain (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, Christmas — **Christmas**c. 1850 · Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Clarence Buckingham Collection — public domain (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, The Skylark — **The Skylark**n.d. · Etching in black on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Hannan Fund — public domain (CC0)

Samuel Palmer, Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa — **Evening in Italy—the Deserted Villa**1845 · Watercolor, with traces of shell gold, over graphite on cream wove paper, perimeter mounted to cream wove card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Celia and David Hilliard in honor of Jim an…

Samuel Palmer, View from Wilmots Hill, Kent — **View from Wilmots Hill, Kent**1830/1835 · Watercolor over black chalk on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Hunt — public domai…

Samuel Palmer, The Golden Hour — **The Golden Hour**1865 · watercolor and gouache with graphite and scraping
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund — Ope…

Samuel Palmer, The Vine — **The Vine**1852 · etching
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, presented in…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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