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Creator:
Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881
Title:

The Early Ploughman

Former Title(s):

Early Ploughman, etc.

Additional Title(s):

The Morning Spread upon the Mountains

Date:
etching begun before 1861; impression printed in 1926
Medium:
Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 15/16 x 13 1/8 inches (25.2 x 33.3 cm), Plate: 7 x 9 13/16 inches (17.8 x 25 cm), Image: 5 3/16 x 7 3/4 inches (13.2 x 19.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite, lower left below plate marks: "A. 9viii | One of 4 proofs before final selection. See Alexander's note."; inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Proof | (one of 4) | printed by F. L. Griggs before printing of final edition signed by F.L.G., Short + myself. Martin Hardie" ("(one of 4)" inserted above the line of text; "final" underlined); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "P[...] by Griggs before final editn"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10911
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art | birds | bridge (built work) | castle | cattle | clouds | cows | genre subject | hat | jugs | landscape | light | morning | mountains | oxen | pitcher | plough (agricultural equipment) | river | ruins | trees | woman
Associated Places:
Perugia
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29337
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