- Title:
- The Bright Cloud
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 5 15/16 x 7 1/4 inches (15.1 x 18.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in author's hand in graphite, bottom: "On those bright Italian days [...] white cloud near horizon lower edges or base obscure | [Effect] made by cloud cast shadows over landscape -- the rest as sunny | as possible -- the gray shadows of cloud almost as cool as [azure]"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.5097
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | landscape | sky
- Associated Places:
- Europe | Italy
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism (New York Public Library, 1987-10 - 1988-01)
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Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, p. 330, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:14621
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Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Bright Cloud, undated
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