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Mountain Streams and an Ancient Fortress

Watercolour
19th century (painted)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
England (painted)

Landscape with a mountain stream running through the centre, featuring two small waterfalls. In the distance, to the left of the image, a stone-built fortress can be seen.


Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleMountain Streams and an Ancient Fortress
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour (Painting)
Brief description
Watercolour, Mountain Streams and an Ancient Fortress, by Samuel Palmer, 19th century.
Physical description
Landscape with a mountain stream running through the centre, featuring two small waterfalls. In the distance, to the left of the image, a stone-built fortress can be seen.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.87in
  • Width: 7.87in
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 Mountain streams and an ancient fortress. Samuel Palmer Furze Hill House, Mead Vale, Red Hill, Surrey' (Written in the Artist's hand on a piece of paper pasted on the backboard.)
  • 'Exhibited in Gally of Old Watercol Society in the Spring of 1879' (Written in another hand (though possibly again by the Artist) on a piece of paper pasted on the backboard.)
  • 'S. Palmer' (Signed.)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs. J. Merrick Head
Subjects depicted
Mountain
Stream
Waterfall
Fortress
Trees
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.131
  • 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.33-1919

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Record createdJanuary 17, 2011
Record URL
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