Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Early Ploughman, begun before 1861
- Title:
- The Early Ploughman
- Former Title(s):
- Early Ploughman, etc.
- Additional Title(s):
- The Morning Spread upon the Mountains
- Date:
- begun before 1861
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white gouache on medium, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 x 9 15/16 inches (17.8 x 25.2 cm), Plate: 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (17.5 x 25.1 cm), Image: 5 1/8 x 7 13/16 inches (13 x 19.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper middle: "not to be touched | but by me -"; inscribed in graphite, lower left within plate marks: "The Early Ploughman"; inscribed in graphite in a different hand, lower left within plate marks: "A. 9iv"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "M.H."; two crosses marked in graphite on the back
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10910
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | birds | bridge (built work) | castle | cattle | clouds | cows | genre subject | hat | jugs | landscape | light | morning | mountains | oxen | pitcher | plough (agricultural equipment) | river | ruins | trees | woman
- Associated Places:
- Perugia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29336
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