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Landscape with Windmill

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

Landscape composition featuring a windmill and cattle; Drovers are shown moving a small group of cattle and sheep on a track, down a small valley flanked by a hillock on which is a windmill. To the left of the image is a copse, where a man is clearing a pathway. In front of the mill, another man is working on large millstones in front of a high wall. The buildings of a town can be seen in the distance and there are large cumulus clouds in the sky.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleLandscape with Windmill
Materials and techniques
Water-colour
Brief description
Landscape composition featuring a windmill and cattle. Water-colour by Samuel Palmer, England, mid-19th century.
Physical description
Landscape composition featuring a windmill and cattle; Drovers are shown moving a small group of cattle and sheep on a track, down a small valley flanked by a hillock on which is a windmill. To the left of the image is a copse, where a man is clearing a pathway. In front of the mill, another man is working on large millstones in front of a high wall. The buildings of a town can be seen in the distance and there are large cumulus clouds in the sky.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.1in
  • Width: 29.75in
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
'S. PALMER' (Signed.)
Credit line
Dixon Bequest
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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 118
Collection
Accession number
1204-1886

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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