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Florence

Watercolour
ca.1838 (made)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin
Florence (city) (painted)

Watercolour of a view looking down from a hill onto the city of Florence.

Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitleFlorence (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Watercolour, 'Florence', by Samuel Palmer, ca. 1838.
Physical description
Watercolour of a view looking down from a hill onto the city of Florence.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.2cm
  • Width: 60.7cm
Measurements taken from: British Watercolours in the Victoria and Albert Museum compiled by Lionel Lambourne and Jean Hamilton. London : Sotheby Parke Bernet, published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum
Marks and inscriptions
'Florence: drawn on the spot - S. Palmer' (Written below the drawing in the Artist's hand.)
Credit line
Presented by Mrs. J. Merrick Head
Object history
Image reproduced in A. H. Palmer's Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, 1892, facing p. 206.
Subject depicted
City
Place depicted
Florence (City)
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of an exhibition of drawings, etchings & woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other disciples of William Blake. London, Pub. under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926 no. 125
  • Palmer, A.H. Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer Painter and Etcher. Great Britain. 1892.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.27-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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