The Early Ploughman

The Early Ploughman
The Early Ploughman

The Early Ploughman

Datec. 1861
Artist (English draftsman and painter, 1805–1881)
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 5 3/16 × 7 13/16 in. (13.2 × 19.8 cm)
sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 7/8 in. (16.5 × 25.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1984
Object number1984-109
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSamuel Palmer was one of a group of artists influenced by William Blake called “The Ancients,” who worked just slightly prior to the formation of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The group gathered in Shoreham, Kent, where they painted the landscape focusing on the religious associations of the passing of the seasons. These two etchings are companion pieces, their compositions mirroring one another and bookmarking the beginning and end of the rural working day.
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Morning of Life
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1860-1861
In the Chequered Shade
Samuel Palmer
1861
Finis
Samuel Morrow Palmer
1903
Brownies at Waterloo
Palmer Cox
1988
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
Samuel Chamberlain
1930
Lady in Elizabethan Dress
Charles Samuel Keene
not dated
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
Samuel Chamberlain
1931
Durham, England
Samuel Colman
1880
The Weary Ploughman, Stoke Poges
F. Hopkinson Evans
not dated