Drawing
ca.1824 (drawn)
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Samuel Palmer was one of the most unconventional and experimental draughtsman of his generation. Drawings and inscriptions in a sketchbook he began in the summer of 1824 at the age of 19 document his intense, visionary approach to nature as he walked in the fields and woods of south east London, near to where he was born. This sketch of tree trunks exemplifies Palmer’s idiosyncratic experimentation with different forms of outline as he tried out ways of drawing natural forms. He has used a range of techniques and pressures with the flexible nib of a quill pen, creating fine vertical strokes, fat circular loops and tiny dots to represent the various textures of bark.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Sheet from a sketchbook (pages 93 and 94), sketches of woodland, trees and a hilly landscape. Drawings and sketches in ink on paper by Samuel Palmer, Great Britain, c.1824. |
| Physical description | Leaf 47, a sheet from a sketchbook (pages 93 and 94) both sides of which have been drawn on. Displayed in mount to show page 94 - a sketch of woodland with a variety of tree trunks; one with a particularly knobbly surface and another in the foreground featuring a large knot. A building and fence are visible in the middle-distance. On the verso (page 93) are sketches of a line of shrubs, with the trunks of two spindly trees along the bottom in an opposing format. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Both sides are numbered in an upper-corner of the sheet. '93' and '94'. |
| Credit line | Given by Mr. A. H. Palmer |
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| Summary | Samuel Palmer was one of the most unconventional and experimental draughtsman of his generation. Drawings and inscriptions in a sketchbook he began in the summer of 1824 at the age of 19 document his intense, visionary approach to nature as he walked in the fields and woods of south east London, near to where he was born. This sketch of tree trunks exemplifies Palmer’s idiosyncratic experimentation with different forms of outline as he tried out ways of drawing natural forms. He has used a range of techniques and pressures with the flexible nib of a quill pen, creating fine vertical strokes, fat circular loops and tiny dots to represent the various textures of bark. |
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| Accession number | E.3512-1928 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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