Harvest under a Crescent Moon

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Artist/Maker	Palmer, Samuel (artist) Palmer, Samuel (engraver) Sherman, Welby (engraver)
Place of origin	England (engraved)

Moonlight scene: In the foreground two reapers are cutting corn with sickles, and one binding a sheaf; there are woods behind them, and a crescent moon on the right.

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Category	Prints
Object type	Print
Title	Harvest under a Crescent Moon (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Wood-engraving print on India paper India Paper Printing Ink Wood Engraving Relief Printing
Brief description	'Harvest under a Crescent Moon'. Wood-engraving print on India paper. Design by Samuel Palmer. Engraved by Samuel Palmer (or possibly Welby Sherman), England, ca.1826.
Physical description	Moonlight scene: In the foreground two reapers are cutting corn with sickles, and one binding a sheaf; there are woods behind them, and a crescent moon on the right.
Dimensions	Height: 2.5cm Width: 7.9cm Taken from the dimensions given in the Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of the Prints, Drawings, Paintings & Photographs Collections and converted from inches to centimetres.
Copy number	Proof
Credit line	Given by Martine Hardie
Object history	Unpublished.
Subjects depicted	Agriculture Harvest Moon Trees Sickle
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Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2568-1920

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023338/harvest-under-a-crescent-moon-print-palmer-samuel/

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