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Opening the Fold

Print
1880 (etched), ca.1882 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (etcher)
Place of origin
England (etched)

Etching of a pastoral scene: a shepherd pipes his sheep out of the fold as the sun rises over a picturesque landscape.
With remarque. Touched by the artist, and with his notes, and a sketch of a sheep in the margin.

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 on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
'Opening the Fold', a pastoral scene. Etching (working proof) 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.
With remarque. Touched by the artist, and with his notes, and a sketch of a sheep in the margin.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 16.2cm
  • Image width: 22.9cm
Taken from the dimensions given in the Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue of the Prints, Drawings, Paintings & Photographs Collections and converted from inches to centimetres.
Production typeProof
Copy number
Proof
Marks and inscriptions
(Touched by the artist, and with marginal notes, and a sketch of a sheep in the margin.)
Object history
The final state of this print was published in 'An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil' by Samuel Palmer, 1883.
Production
Attribution note: working proof 3
Subjects depicted
Pastoral
Sheep
Shepherds
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. London, Pub. under the authority of the Board of Education, 1926 no.223
  • 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.
  • 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, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.638-1911

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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