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A Village Church among Trees

Drawing
ca.1830 (made)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

A village church viewed amongst large, dark trees; with a flock of sheep in the foreground and a seated figure in the bottom-right corner.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
drawing
TitleA Village Church among Trees (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Black and grey wash on card
Wash
Wash
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, A Village Church among Trees, by Samuel Palmer, wash, ca.1830.
Physical description
A village church viewed amongst large, dark trees; with a flock of sheep in the foreground and a seated figure in the bottom-right corner.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18.4cm
  • Width: 15.2cm
Object history
This drawing was previously in the collections of A. H. Palmer and Sir Frank Short, R.A., P.R.E., R.I., by whom it was lent to the Samuel Palmer exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1926 (no.81: reproduced on Pl.X of the catalogue). It is no.84 in the catalogue of G. Grigson's 'Samuel Palmer. The Visionary Years', London, 1947.
Subjects depicted
Churches
Sheep
Figure
Trees
Bibliographic references
  • Vaughan, William, Barker, Elizabeth E., Harrison, Colin, et al. Samuel Palmer 1805- 1881 : Vision and Landscape. London : British Museum Press 2005 no. 37
  • 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.81
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
  • p. 88 Anne Anderson, Tim Craven, Della Hooke. Steve Marshall, Ian Massey, Under the Greenwood. Picturing the British tree from Constable to Kurt Jackson ISBN: 9781908326300
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.33-1953

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Record createdAugust 3, 2006
Record URL
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