Samuel PALMER

The sleeping shepherd
(1857)
plate 5 from Etchings for the Art Union of London by The Etching Club, London

Medium

etching on chine collé

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

etching on chine collé

Measurements

9.5 × 7.8 cm (image) 12.4 × 10.4 cm (plate) 36.5 × 26.8 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné

Lister 6 iv/iv

Printing/Publishing

published by The Etching Club, London, 1857

Inscription

printed in ink Samuel Palmer.
printed in ink 5

Accession Number

P34-1971

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Agriculture Human Figures

Subjects (specific)

men (male humans) pastoral ploughing repose (activity) sheep (genus) shepherds sleeping

Movements

Victorian

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Samuel PALMER

The sleeping shepherd
(1857)
plate 5 from Etchings for the Art Union of London by The Etching Club, London