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Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Weary Ploughman, 1858
- Title:
The Weary Ploughman
- Additional Title(s):
The Herdsman
Tardus Bubulcus
- Date:
- 1858
- Medium:
- Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (16.3 x 23.3 cm), Plate: 6 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (16.3 x 23.3 cm), Image: 5 3/16 x 7 15/16 inches (13.2 x 20.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower center below image: "Samuel Palmer."; inscribed in graphite, center on back: "11"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "1 | I" ("I" is encircled)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12163
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bag | branch | calf (animal) | cattle | clouds | cows | dog (animal) | farming | fatigue | genre subject | hat | herdsman | hills | houses | labor | lamb | landscape | moon | mountain | night | oxen | path | road | rocks (landforms) | roofs | smoke | staff | sunset | trees | village
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31985
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