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The Vine

Print
1852 (etched), 1853 (published)
Artist/Maker
Palmer, Samuel (etcher)
Place of origin
England (etched)
England (published)

Tall portrait-format plate with a rectagular image at the top and an oval cartouche at the bottom, both depicting cherubs gathering grapes in a forest and the upper image with a radiant silhouette of Bacchus.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Shakespeare
Object type
Print
Titles
  • The Vine (generic title)
  • Plumpy Bacchus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching print on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Etching
Brief description
'The Vine' (also known as 'Plumpy Bacchus'), two illustrations on one sheet, accompanying lyrics from Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra'. Etchings by Samuel Palmer ca.1843. Published in 'Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare Illustrated by the Etching Club', England, 1853.
Physical description
Tall portrait-format plate with a rectagular image at the top and an oval cartouche at the bottom, both depicting cherubs gathering grapes in a forest and the upper image with a radiant silhouette of Bacchus.
Dimensions
  • First image height: 8.9cm
  • First image width: 12.7cm
  • Second image height: 5.7cm
  • Second image width: 12.7cm
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.
Object history
The lyrics printed are from the song in Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra' Act II, Scene 7.

Plate destroyed.
Production
Published in 'Songs and Ballads of Shakespeare Illustrated by the Etching Club', 1853.
Subjects depicted
Cartouche
Putti
Grapes
Forest
Bacchus
Literary referenceShakespeare, William. <u>Antony and Cleopatra</u>, Act II, Scene 7.
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1315-1904

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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