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Print made by Samuel Palmer, 1805–1881, British, active in Italy (1837–39), The Sepulchre, between 1880 and 1883
- Title:
The Sepulchre
- Additional Title(s):
The Waning Moon
- Date:
- between 1880 and 1883
- Medium:
- Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 15/16 x 14 3/8 inches (25.3 x 36.5 cm), Plate: 5 3/16 x 7 5/16 inches (13.2 x 18.6 cm), Image: 3 15/16 x 5 7/8 inches (10 x 15 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left (written vertically downwards): "62"; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "(The Sepulchre)"; inscribed in graphite, lower left to lower center: "Etching"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Sao[...] | £12-2-0 | S Palmer Original Etching | 'The Waning Moon""; inscribed in graphite, lower center: "1st State before. lettering."
Watermark: "ALTON MILL"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.1306
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- altar | dark | eclogues | figures | fire | flames | forest | grave | landscape | literary theme | moon | night | shadow | statue | tomb | trees
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:38920
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