ID 1422630
Lot 18 | SAMUEL PALMER, R.W.S. (1805-1881)
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
A cottage in a wooded landscape
with inscription 'Sketch by S. Palmer done before his introduction to William Blake. On the back' (on a piece of paper behind the sketch) and with further inscription 'Wretch even then, life's journey just begun. Cowper - Rec'd [?] of his Mother's Picture' (on the backing sheet)
pencil and brown wash on paper
2 ½ x 4 ½ in. (6.5 x 11.5 cm.)
Provenance
The artist, and by descent to his son,
Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932); Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1971, lot 87 (£260 to M. Jessel).
M. Jessel.
Exhibited
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Samuel Palmer; Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings, & Woodcuts by other Disciples of William Blake, 1926, no. 8.
| Artist: | Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted |
| Medium: | Plastic |
| Art style: | Romanticism |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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