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A Harvest Field

Watercolour
mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour of a view across a cornfield being harvested; sheaves of corn in rows being collected up by men with a horse-drawn cart (just right of the centre of the image).


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Harvest Field (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour, 'A Harvest Field', by Samuel Palmer, mid-19th century.
Physical description
Watercolour of a view across a cornfield being harvested; sheaves of corn in rows being collected up by men with a horse-drawn cart (just right of the centre of the image).
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.5cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
Measurements taken from: British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum compiled by Lionel Lambourne and Jean Hamilton. London : Sotheby Parke Bernet, published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum
Credit line
Presented by Mrs. J. Merrick Head
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of drawings, etchings & woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other disciples of William Blake. London, Pub. under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926 no. 124
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Accession number
P.26-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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