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ca.1824 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Leaf 5 (pages 9 and 10) from a sketchbook of drawings started in 1824;

Displayed in mount to show page 9 - a woman reclining against a tree in the foreground, with a bible beneath her left hand, looking out across a hilly landscape. The scene features: a woman carrying two pails on a yoke; two men with scythes; a church spire; woodland; birds in flight; with fields beyond, rays emanating from over the horizon.

On the verso (page 10) are a number of sketches, including a man reclining in a garden with large trees and flowers, surrounded by smaller drawings of landscapes with a variety of trees and gardens, complete with annotation.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Ink drawing on paper
Brief description
Leaf 5 (pages 9 and 10) from a sketchbook, featuring a woman reclining against a tree in the foreground, looking out across a hilly landscape and harvest scene. Ink drawings by Samuel Palmer, England, the sketchbook started in 1824.
Physical description
Leaf 5 (pages 9 and 10) from a sketchbook of drawings started in 1824;

Displayed in mount to show page 9 - a woman reclining against a tree in the foreground, with a bible beneath her left hand, looking out across a hilly landscape. The scene features: a woman carrying two pails on a yoke; two men with scythes; a church spire; woodland; birds in flight; with fields beyond, rays emanating from over the horizon.

On the verso (page 10) are a number of sketches, including a man reclining in a garden with large trees and flowers, surrounded by smaller drawings of landscapes with a variety of trees and gardens, complete with annotation.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.625in
  • Width: 7.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Credit line
Given by Mr. A. H. Palmer
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
  • p. 228 Michael Phillips, William Blake : apprentice & master Oxford : Ashmolean, 2014. 272 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. ISBN: 9781854442888 / 1854442880
Collection
Accession number
E.2359-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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