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Harvest Celebration

Drawing
ca.1824 (made)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

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

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleHarvest Celebration (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Ink drawing
Ink
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Sketching
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HARVEST MOON' (Inscribed top centre.)
  • The / moon / also to / rule by night / for his mercy / endureth / for ever (Inscribed bottom left. Adapted from Psalm 136:9.)
  • Thou / [crown - deleted] / crownest / the year / with thy / goodness. (Inscribed bottom right. from Psalm 65:11.)
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."
Subjects depicted
Harvest
Religion
Celebration
Moon
People
Dancing
Literary referencePsalms (Old Testament)
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Vaughan, William, Barker, Elizabeth E., Harrison, Colin, et al. Samuel Palmer 1805- 1881 : Vision and Landscape. London : British Museum Press 2005 no. 9f
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2358-1928

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Record createdAugust 3, 2006
Record URL
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