Evening

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Artist/Maker	Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin	England (made)

A countryside landscape showing a track or road with a thatched house on a corner. Two men are sitting on a wall in conversation, a horse and cart stands by a copse of trees across the road from them. In the distance a village can be seen, with a church behind some trees, the sun setting beyond.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Evening (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and bistre drawing Pen Bistre Drawing
Brief description	'Evening'. Pen and bistre drawing of a countryside landscape, showing a track with a thatched house on a corner. By Samuel Palmer, England, 1821.
Physical description	A countryside landscape showing a track or road with a thatched house on a corner. Two men are sitting on a wall in conversation, a horse and cart stands by a copse of trees across the road from them. In the distance a village can be seen, with a church behind some trees, the sun setting beyond.
Dimensions	Height: 19.2cm Width: 26.8cm
Marks and inscriptions	'S. Palmer' (Signed.) 'Samuel Palmer 1821' (Inscribed on verso.)
Subjects depicted	Evening Thatching Road Trees Men Village Wall House Horse Cart Church
Bibliographic references	Vaughan, William, Barker, Elizabeth E., Harrison, Colin, et al. Samuel Palmer 1805- 1881 : Vision and Landscape. London : British Museum Press 2005 no. 6 Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1579-1926

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Record created	August 3, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126803/evening-drawing-palmer-samuel/

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