Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), Moeris and Galatea, plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
- Title:
- Moeris and Galatea
- Former Title(s):
- Moeris & Galates
- Additional Title(s):
- Milking Time
- Part Of:
- Date:
- plate etched between 1880 and 1883; impression printed in 1924
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and drypoint, with plate tone, retouched with white watercolor, gouache or chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 7/16 x 13 13/16 inches (29.1 x 35.1 cm), Plate: 5 1/4 x 7 3/8 inches (13.4 x 18.8 cm), Image: 4 x 6 inches (10.1 x 15.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A.17.iii"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Moeris and Galatea | Virgil's 9th Eclogue"; inscribed in graphite, lower left in different hand: "One of nine impressions taken after the lettering + steel facing had been removed | Printed at Dover's House, Campden, May 1924 | F.L.G."; inscribed in black ink, lower right: "note by F. L. Griggs, A.RA, [?RL]"; inscribed in graphite, lower right in Martin Hardie's hand: "Martin Hardie" (underlined)
Remarque consisting of a small triangle drawn in outline, lower left below image within plate marks
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10924
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | cattle | cliffs | cows | creeper | figures | goats | lake | landscape | light | literary theme | ocean | oxen | pool | reeds | river | rocks (landforms) | sea | sheep | stream | sun | water
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29350
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