Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Morning of Life, 1860-1861
- Title:
- The Morning of Life
- Former Title(s):
- Morning of Life
- Additional Title(s):
Hercules and Cacus
Sheep-Washing
A Leafy Dell- Date:
- 1860-1861
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, engraving and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches (19 x 27.6 cm), Plate: 7 1/8 x 10 1/16 inches (18.1 x 25.6 cm), Image: 5 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches (13.6 x 20.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "48"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "No.[?155]"; inscribed in graphite, lower left within plate marks: "A 10.iii"; inscribed in graphite, lower center within plate marks: "Fiseau or au Trufet, chagrin gris. no 73 | . 38-45. T. | encoche ici à droite"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "MH | 2"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "[?Le] July 69 M."; inscribed in graphite, upper center on back: "Dowdeswell"; inscribed in graphite, left center on back: "To be mounted | same as [?others] | cut mount + | [?Trim] paper | Over [?frame]"
Lettered lower left within image: "S. PALMER."
Signed in graphite, lower right below image within plate marks: "Samuel Palmer"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10925
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | apples | bank | basket | beams | boys | brook | figures | labor | landscape | light | religious and mythological subject | river | sheep | stream | sun | trees | washing | woman
- Associated Places:
- Redhill
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29351
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