Harvest Celebration
Drawing
ca.1824 (made)
ca.1824 (made)
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Leaf 20 (pages 39 and 40) of a sketch book - formerly from a sketchbook of drawings started in 1824. An ink drawing, showing a family seated watching a group of women dancing in a ring, a harvest moon behind the large hay rick they are dancing around. On the verso are drawings of tree trunks.
Object details
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| Title | Harvest Celebration (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink drawing |
| Brief description | 'Harvest Celebration'. Ink drawing showing a group of women dancing in a ring, a harvest moon behind them. On the verso are drawings of tree trunks. Leaf 20 (pages 39 and 40) from a sketchbook begun by Samuel Palmer in 1824. |
| Physical description | Leaf 20 (pages 39 and 40) of a sketch book - formerly from a sketchbook of drawings started in 1824. An ink drawing, showing a family seated watching a group of women dancing in a ring, a harvest moon behind the large hay rick they are dancing around. On the verso are drawings of tree trunks. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. A. H. Palmer |
| Object history | The sketchbook was given to George Richmond by Samuel Palmer, and bequeathed by the former to Mr. A. H. Palmer. Some of the designs in the book show the influence of Albert Durer and of William Blake very strongly. Samuel Palmer knew Blake's work already, though he did not see him for the first time till the 9th October 1824. It was with reference to this sketchbook that he wrote in 1824: "I will now begin a new sketchbook and, I hope, try to work with a child's simple feeling and with the industry of humility." |
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| Literary reference | Psalms (Old Testament) |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2358-1928 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2006 |
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