Landscape with Windmill
Watercolour
mid 19th century (painted)
mid 19th century (painted)
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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
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Object type | |
Title | Landscape 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. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'S. PALMER' (Signed.) |
Credit line | Dixon Bequest |
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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 created | July 1, 2009 |
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