Drawing
1858 (drawn)
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Leaf from a Cornish sketchbook; a drawing of a coastal view of curving, rocky cliffs in the foreground with a vista of the sea beyond.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Black chalk drawing on paper |
| Brief description | Leaf from a Cornish sketchbook, showing a coastal view of curving, rocky cliffs. Black chalk drawing on paper. By Samuel Palmer, England, 1858. |
| Physical description | Leaf from a Cornish sketchbook; a drawing of a coastal view of curving, rocky cliffs in the foreground with a vista of the sea beyond. |
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| Object history | In his book The Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, A. H. Palmer states that his father visited Devon and Cornwall four times between the years 1848 and 1858. A letter form the artist to Edward Calvert dated 25 June 1848 describes the wild scenery of the north Cornish coast. |
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| Associated object | E.646-1920 (Series) |
| Bibliographic reference | Lister, Raymond. Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 279p, ill (b&w). ISBN 0521344557. catalogue no.559, p.183. |
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| Accession number | E.645-1920 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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