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Western Shores

Watercolour
1879 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
England (painted)

View from a grass-covered, rocky shoreline, looking out to a calm blue sea; a number of sheep are grazing on the cliff tops and a solitary figure is standing by a cliff-edge to the right of the image. The outline of the drawing and the horizon were carefully ruled.


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Watercolour
TitleWestern Shores
Materials and techniques
Water-colour on card
Water-Colour
Card
Painting
Brief description
'Western Shores', view from a grass-covered, rocky shoreline, looking out to a calm blue sea. Water-colour by Samuel Palmer, England, 1879.
Physical description
View from a grass-covered, rocky shoreline, looking out to a calm blue sea; a number of sheep are grazing on the cliff tops and a solitary figure is standing by a cliff-edge to the right of the image. The outline of the drawing and the horizon were carefully ruled.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5in
  • Width: 7.5in
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
  • 'No. 2 Western Shores, Samuel Palmer Furze Hill House, Mead Vale, Red Hill Surrey' (Written in pencil in the Artist's hand, on a piece of paper pasted to the backboard.)
  • 'Other side prep Feby 1878." (Written in pencil, in the Artist's hand, on the back of the card on which the drawing is executed.)
  • (The outline of the drawing and the horizon were carefully ruled.)
  • 'Samuel Palmer' (Signed in pencil on the backboard.)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs. J. Merrick Head
Subjects depicted
Sea
Sheep
Cliffs
Figure
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. 132
  • 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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.34-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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