Sunset
Drawing
ca. 1824 (made)
ca. 1824 (made)
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Leaf 22 (page 44) from a sketchbook started in 1824.
Recto: Shepherd in a pastoral landscape, with a man on the right leaning against a tree, playing a woodwind instrument (possibly a clarinet, oboe or flute) serenading a young woman who is sitting on the ground to the left, tying sheves of wheat, In the background, a shepherd with his flock looks on, behind him is a field, with the sun about to set under the horizon, rays of light emanating.
Verso: Various sketches of branches of trees without leaves, leafy boughs, and individual leaf studies.
Recto: Shepherd in a pastoral landscape, with a man on the right leaning against a tree, playing a woodwind instrument (possibly a clarinet, oboe or flute) serenading a young woman who is sitting on the ground to the left, tying sheves of wheat, In the background, a shepherd with his flock looks on, behind him is a field, with the sun about to set under the horizon, rays of light emanating.
Verso: Various sketches of branches of trees without leaves, leafy boughs, and individual leaf studies.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sunset |
| Materials and techniques | Pen sketch |
| Brief description | Leaf 22 (page 44) from a sketchbook. Ink sketches. Recto showing a shepherd in a pastoral landscape, titled 'Sunset'. Verso showing sketches of tree branches and leaves. By Samuel Palmer, England, the book started in 1824. |
| Physical description | Leaf 22 (page 44) from a sketchbook started in 1824. Recto: Shepherd in a pastoral landscape, with a man on the right leaning against a tree, playing a woodwind instrument (possibly a clarinet, oboe or flute) serenading a young woman who is sitting on the ground to the left, tying sheves of wheat, In the background, a shepherd with his flock looks on, behind him is a field, with the sun about to set under the horizon, rays of light emanating. Verso: Various sketches of branches of trees without leaves, leafy boughs, and individual leaf studies. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Sunset' (Written in centre at bottom of sheet.) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr. A. H. Palmer |
| Object history | The sketchbook was given to George Richmond by Samuel Palmer, and bequeathed by the former to Mr. A. H. Palmer. Some of the designs in the book show the influence of Albert Durer and of Blake very strongly. Samuel Palmer knew Blake's work already, though he did not see him for the first time till the 9th October 1824. It was with reference to this sketchbook that he wrote in 1824: "I will now begin a new sketchbook and, I hope, try to work with a child's simple feeling and with the industry of humility." |
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| Accession number | E.3514-1928 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2006 |
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