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The Bellman

Drawing
ca.1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Prepatory drawing, used for the etching of 'The Bellman', with notes by the Artist on the scheme of light and shade.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleThe Bellman
Materials and techniques
Chalk and wash
Chalk
Wash
Drawing
Brief description
Prepatory drawing for 'The Bellman', with notes by the Artist on the scheme of light and shade. By Samuel Palmer, England, ca.1875.
Physical description
Prepatory drawing, used for the etching of 'The Bellman', with notes by the Artist on the scheme of light and shade.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.87in
  • Width: 14.87in
Measurements taken (and converted into decimal fractions) from: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20 - December 31, 1926. London : Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926. Publication No. 178 E.I.D.
Marks and inscriptions
Notes by the Artist on the scheme of light and shade.
Credit line
Presented by A. H. Palmer, Esq.
Object history
The finished design was reproduced as plate 6 in The Shorter Poems of John Milton with Twelve Illustrations by Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher, 1889.

Plate cancelled in 1926.
Subject depicted
Bell-Ringers
Literary reference'Il Penseroso' by John Milton.
Associated objects
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. 154
  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20 - December 31, 1926. London : Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926. Publication No. 178 E.I.D. pp.82-83.
  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20 - December 31, 1926. London : Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926. Publication No. 178 E.I.D. pp.82-83.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1319-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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