Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), Christmas, 1850
- Title:
- Christmas
- Additional Title(s):
- Folding the Last Sheep
- Date:
- 1850
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching retouched with black ink, watercolor, gray gouache, and white gouache on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 13/16 x 4 3/16 inches (12.3 x 10.7 cm), Plate: 4 5/8 x 4 3/16 inches (11.7 x 10.7 cm), Image: 3 7/8 x 3 3/16 inches (9.9 x 8.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below image: "Touched Proof."; inscribed in graphite, lower right below image: "M.H."; inscribed in graphite, center of back: "171. | Property of M.H."
Lettered lower right within image: "S PALMER" (very indistinct)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10906
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | barn | children | Christmas | cottage | dog (animal) | doorway | farm | interior | moon | night | sheep | thatch | trees | window
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29332
- Export:
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Rachel Campbell-Johnston, Mysterious wisdom, the life and work of Samuel Palmer , Bloomsbury, London; New York, 2011, p. 243, NJ18 P19 C36 2011 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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