Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)

The Property of a Lady

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Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)

Sheep in the Shade

signed 'S Palmer'; pencil and watercolour with touches of white heightening
14¾ x 20 7/8in. (375 x 530mm.)

Provenance

F.R. Crossley

Literature

R. Lister, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer, Cambridge, 1988, no. 506

Exhibited

London, Royal Water-Colour Society, 1851, no. 303

Lot Essay

A study for this composition was sold at Sotheby's, 7 July 1983, lot 112 (repr.). Raymond Lister dates this watercolour to circa 1851. Palmer executed a number of drawings based on the subject of sheep resting. Lister suggests that the drawing shows the Surrey Downs overlooking the Weald

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