Samuel Palmer
1805-1881
View in the Campagna
3 1/16 x 4 5/8 inches (78 x 117 mm), right edge irregular
Graphite pencil on wove paper.
1971.14
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund.
Notes
Preparatory drawing for the first edition of Charles Dickens' "Pictures from Italy", London, 1846, which was evidently engraved on wood, but did not appear in the book.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed below by the artist, "with respect to their darkness & gradation / the tender clouds have exactly the appearance desired. / This drawing differs from the block in / several of its details: but is lent for reference / as giving the general gradations of depth from / foreground to distance & sky. It is requested that great care / be taken of it & that it be returned with the proof."
Associated names
Palmer, A. H. (Alfred Herbert), 1853-1932, former owner.
Suzannet, Alain de, Count, former owner.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Pictures from Italy.
Suzannet, Alain de, Count, former owner.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Pictures from Italy.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Sixteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1969-1971. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1973, p. 118-119.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and Other Disciples of William Blake, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1926, no. 98.
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and Other Disciples of William Blake, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1926, no. 98.
Classification
Century Drawings
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