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Study for the Etching 'Christmas'
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SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)
Study for the Etching 'Christmas'
with inscription by A.H. Palmer '[1st Sketch for/Christmas]' and '[Suggestion by/C/W/ Cope RA]' and 'Sq from/bottom' (in the margin)
pen and brown ink, heightened with touches of white, on buff paper with a blind stamp, squared for transfer with a subsidiary study for the figure (lower centre)
6 ¾ x 4 1⁄8 in. (17.2 x 10.5 cm.)
Study for the Etching 'Christmas'
with inscription by A.H. Palmer '[1st Sketch for/Christmas]' and '[Suggestion by/C/W/ Cope RA]' and 'Sq from/bottom' (in the margin)
pen and brown ink, heightened with touches of white, on buff paper with a blind stamp, squared for transfer with a subsidiary study for the figure (lower centre)
6 ¾ x 4 1⁄8 in. (17.2 x 10.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, and by descent to his son,
Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932); Christie’s, London, 20 February 1928, lot 50 (4 ½ gns to Colnaghi).
with P&D Colnaghi, London, 1928.
with Nicholas Lott, Bath, from whom purchased in August 2006 for the present collection.
Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932); Christie’s, London, 20 February 1928, lot 50 (4 ½ gns to Colnaghi).
with P&D Colnaghi, London, 1928.
with Nicholas Lott, Bath, from whom purchased in August 2006 for the present collection.
Literature
R. G. Alexander, A catalogue of the Etchings of Samuel Palmer,1937, Print Collectors Club, p. 54.
R. Lister, Catalogue Raisonné of the works of Samuel Palmer, Cambridge, 1988, no. 488, p. 169.
R. Lister, Catalogue Raisonné of the works of Samuel Palmer, Cambridge, 1988, no. 488, p. 169.
Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, ‘Samuel Palmer; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings, & Woodcuts by other Disciples of William Blake’, 1926, no. 169, lent by A.H. Palmer.
Engraved
In etching, in reverse, by the artist, 1850.
Brought to you by
Nathalie Ferneau
Head of Sale, Junior Specialist
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