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Opening The Fold

Print
1880 (etched)
Artist/Maker
The Fine Art Society (published by)
Palmer, Samuel (etcher)
Place of origin
England (etched)
England (published)

Etching of a pastoral scene: a shepherd pipes his sheep out of the fold as the sun rises over a picturesque landscape.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Opening The Fold (assigned by artist)
  • Early Morning (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching print
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
'Opening the Fold', a pastoral scene. Etching print by Samuel Palmer, England, 1880.
Physical description
Etching of a pastoral scene: a shepherd pipes his sheep out of the fold as the sun rises over a picturesque landscape.
Dimensions
  • Image (approx) height: 16.4cm
  • Image (approx) width: 23cm
Object history
The final state of this print was published in 'An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil' by Samuel Palmer, 1883.
Subjects depicted
Pastoral
Sheep
Shepherd
Landscape
Literary referenceIllustration of the artist's own translation of the 'Eclogues of Virgil' (Eclogue VIII).
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20 - December 31, 1926. London : Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926. Publication No. 178 E.I.D.
  • Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake October 20 - December 31, 1926. London : Published under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926. Publication No. 178 E.I.D. pp.84-87.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.88-1962

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
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