Ruth returned from Gleaning

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Artist/Maker	Palmer, Samuel (artist)
Place of origin	Kent (drawn)

'Ruth returned from Gleaning'. Drawing of a woman, viewed from behind, walking through a valley. The valley depicted was drawn from life in the area around Shoreham in Kent, England.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Ruth returned from Gleaning (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink and wash, heightened by white Pen and Ink Wash Wash Technique Drawing Heightening
Brief description	'Ruth returned from Gleaning'. Pen and ink and wash, heightened by white. By Samuel Palmer, England, ca.1828.
Physical description	'Ruth returned from Gleaning'. Drawing of a woman, viewed from behind, walking through a valley. The valley depicted was drawn from life in the area around Shoreham in Kent, England.
Dimensions	Height: 29.4cm Width: 39.4cm
Credit line	Presented by A. H. Palmer, Esq.
Object history	The valley depicted was drawn in the area around Shoreham, Kent - what Palmer referred to as his “Valley of Vision”. His son, A. H. Palmer, has noted that 'A special visit to the Valley was made in order to complete this drawing, while under the full, potent influence of the place' (see references). The drawing was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1829. There is a small reproduction of the drawing in A. H. Palmer's 'Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer', 1892.
Subjects depicted	Woman Valley Ruth
Place depicted	Kent
Literary reference	Book of Ruth (Old Testament)
Bibliographic references	Vaughan, William, Barker, Elizabeth E., Harrison, Colin, et al. Samuel Palmer 1805- 1881 : Vision and Landscape. London : British Museum Press 2005 no. 39 Evans, Mark et al. Vikutoria & Arubāto Bijutsukan-zō : eikoku romanshugi kaigaten = The Romantic tradition in British painting, 1800-1950 : masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Japan : Brain Trust, 2002 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.58 Palmer, A.H. Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer Painter and Etcher. Great Britain. 1892. p.245 Michael Phillips, William Blake : apprentice & master, Oxford : Ashmolean, 2014. ISBN: 9781854442888.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3449-1923

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Record created	August 3, 2006
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126808/ruth-returned-from-gleaning-watercolour-palmer-samuel/

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