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Samuel Palmer
Opening the fold (Or Early morning) (1880)
etching
11.7 × 17.6 cm (image) 15.0 × 21.3 cm (plate) 21.4 × 31.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alister Brass, 1986
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Opening the fold (Or Early morning)
(1880)
Medium
etching
Measurements
11.7 × 17.6 cm (image) 15.0 × 21.3 cm (plate) 21.4 × 31.5 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Alister Brass, 1986
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lister 13 viii/viii; Alexander vi/viii
Edition
8th of 8 states
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: S. PALMER INV & FEC.
printed in ink l.c.: And folded flocks were loose to browse anew / O’er mountain thyme or trefoil wet with dew.
Accession Number
P37-1986
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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Subjects (general)
Agriculture Animals Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
cottages flutes (aerophones) idealised landscapes (visual works) morning pastoral sheep (genus) shepherds sunrise