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

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

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1971

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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 l.l.: Samuel Palmer.
printed in ink l.c.: 5

Accession Number
P34-1971

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 Human Figures

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

Movements
Victorian