Scraper used by Samuel Palmer
Etching Scraper
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
Etching tool with a tapered blade with three concave sides.
Object details
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| Title | Scraper used by Samuel Palmer |
| Materials and techniques | Wood, metal alloy and steel. |
| Brief description | Etching scraper used by Samuel Palmer. Wood, metal alloy and steel. 19th century. |
| Physical description | Etching tool with a tapered blade with three concave sides. |
| Credit line | Presented by A. H. Palmer, Esq. |
| Object history | In 1850, at the age of forty-five, Samuel Palmer took up etching. The artist's son, A. H. Palmer, gave the tools to three people: Sir Frank Short, Martin Hardie, and F.L. Griggs. Hardie and Short each donated two of Palmer's etching tools to the V&A museum. In a note sent to Martin Hardie in 1923 A. H. Palmer recalled that the tools with 'German silver fittings were made by one Donaldson, in industrious, between bibulous, intervals - a noted man at his craft'. |
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| Accession number | E.4530-1923 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2006 |
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