Christmas
Artist: Samuel Palmer (English | British, 1805-1881)
Date: 1850
Dimensions:
5 x 4 in.
Medium: etching
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Winthrop H. Perry Collection
Object number: 1929.44
Label Text:In a moonlit scene, a shepherd guides the last sheep into the fold, assisted by his children and dog, before retiring to his thatched cottage for Christmas. Landscape painter Samuel Palmer took up etching at age 45 upon returning to London after living for a period in Italy.
Not on view
In Collection(s)