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Christmas

Printing Plate
1850 (etched), 1926 (cancelled)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (etcher)
Place of origin
Great Britain (etched)

'Christmas'. A small farmstead with a thatched roof, in the foreground a figure pens up a small herd of sheep and a child plays with a dog. Another child stands in the open doorway of the building, behind them can be seen a figure setting the table for a meal. Etched steel printing plate with bevelled edges, cancelled by a single vertical line cutting through the centre of the plate.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Tools & Equipment
Printmaking Techniques
Landscapes
Object type
Printing Plate
TitleChristmas (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etched steel plate
Steel
Etching
Brief description
Etched steel printing plate. Samuel Palmer. Christmas (also known as Folding the Last Sheep), Great Britain, 1850. Cancelled in 1926.
Physical description
'Christmas'. A small farmstead with a thatched roof, in the foreground a figure pens up a small herd of sheep and a child plays with a dog. Another child stands in the open doorway of the building, behind them can be seen a figure setting the table for a meal. Etched steel printing plate with bevelled edges, cancelled by a single vertical line cutting through the centre of the plate.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.5cm
  • Width: 10.3cm
  • Depth: 2mm
Measured by DH 08/07/2010
Marks and inscriptions
S. Palmer (Signed, bottom-left corner of image (in reverse).)
Credit line
Given by A. H. Palmer
Object history
The first published edition was issued in 'Samuel Palmer, A Memoir' by A.H. Palmer in 1882, in which the plate carried the engraved title 'Christmas' and the words 'from Bampfylde’s Sonnet'.
Production
See prints taken from this plate: E.1887-1919, E.1458-1926, E.1460-1926 and Circ.85-1962.
Subjects depicted
Agriculture (Concept)
Sheep
Shepherd
Children
Trees
House
Christmas
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. pp.75-76.
  • 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.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1926, London: Board of Education, 1927.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1459-1926

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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