Landscape with a Barn, Shoreham, Kent
Watercolour
c. 1828 (painted)
c. 1828 (painted)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) taught himself to paint. He greatly admired the work of the artist and poet William Blake (1757-1827). He especially admired Blake’s visionary approach and his lack of respect for conventional watercolour techniques.
This watercolour has a magical, powerful and dreamlike quality. Palmer painted it during his ‘Shoreham Period’. He stayed in Shoreham, a village in the English county of Kent, from 1826 until about 1834.
This watercolour has a magical, powerful and dreamlike quality. Palmer painted it during his ‘Shoreham Period’. He stayed in Shoreham, a village in the English county of Kent, from 1826 until about 1834.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Landscape with a Barn, Shoreham, Kent (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Water-colour |
| Brief description | Samuel Palmer. Landscape with a Barn, Shoreham, Kent. England, c.1828. |
| Physical description | View of a track through a woodland, leading down a slight hill in the distance to a stile. On the right of the image is a simple thatched roof barn, with a set of two-wheeled carts under it. There is a large tree in the foreground on the right and grey and white clouds in the sky in the background. On the back is an ink sketch of a turreted castle. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Saml. Palmer fect.' (Signed.) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) taught himself to paint. He greatly admired the work of the artist and poet William Blake (1757-1827). He especially admired Blake’s visionary approach and his lack of respect for conventional watercolour techniques. This watercolour has a magical, powerful and dreamlike quality. Palmer painted it during his ‘Shoreham Period’. He stayed in Shoreham, a village in the English county of Kent, from 1826 until about 1834. |
| Bibliographic references |
|
| Collection | |
| Accession number | P.88-1937 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | February 12, 2003 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
