Samuel PALMER
The opening of the fold (Or Early morning)
(1880)

Medium
etching on buff paper

Measurements
11.7 × 17.6 cm (image) 16.1 × 23.1 cm (plate) 26.1 × 36.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lister 13 iii/viii

Edition
3rd of 8 states

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: S PALMER INV + FEC
inscribed in pencil l.r.: S. Palmer

Accession Number
132-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Agriculture Landscapes Nature

Subjects (specific)
dawn (time of day) domestic sheep (species) flocks flutes (aerophones) herding pastoral shepherds sunrise