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Study of Barley, Oats, and Wheat,
1846–47
Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881; born Newington, England; died Redhill, England
x1947-186
A key figure in the development of Victorian British landscape painting, Palmer combined a close observation of nature with his sympathy for pastoral country life in idyllic rustic views painted at the height of the Industrial Revolution in England. In this precisely rendered study of humble stalks of grain, Palmer recalls the crops that had provided the traditional foundations of British agriculture. Palmer’s watercolor drawings made directly from nature are often filled with written notations where the artist records subtle nuances of color, light, and time of day.
Information
Title
Study of Barley, Oats, and Wheat
Dates
1846–47
Maker
Medium
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache
Dimensions
27.5 x 38.3 cm (10 13/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1947-186
Inscription
in graphite: [notations throughout]
Culture
Materials
Subject
By descent to Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932); [Christie's London, 4 March, 1929 (lot 43)]; purchased by Mark Oliver, i.e. [Savile Gallery (for 10.10.-)](1); [Durlacher Bros., New York], by 1938; purchased by Frank Jewett Mather Jr. (1868–1953); gifted to Princeton University Art Museum, 1947.
(1) purchaser and sale price according to annotated catalogue at INHA, NUM CV13433_19290304 [https://bibliotheque-numerique.inha.fr/idurl/1/67996]
- A. H. Palmer, Catalogue of an exhibition of drawings, etchings & woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other disciples of William Blake, October 20-December 31, 1926, (London: Pub. under the authority of the Board of education, 1926)., no. 100
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Catalogue of drawings & etchings by Sam Palmer, the property of A.H. Palmer: pictures, drawings and etchings by William Blake the property of Mrs. John Richmond, also, etchings by Rembrandt and other artists the property of a gentleman, (London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1929).
, no. 34 - Frederick J. Cummings and Allen Staley, Romantic art in Britain: paintings and drawings, 1760-1860, (Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968)., no. 182
- Barbara T. Ross, "Drawings by Samuel Palmer in the Art Museum", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 29, no. 2 (1970): p. 37-42., p. 37, cat no. 2
- Raymond Lister, Catalogue raisonné of the works of Samuel Palmer, (Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988)., p. 72
