Christmas
Christmas
Artist
Samuel Palmer
English | British, 1805-1881
Date1850
Dimensions5 x 4 in.
Mediumetching
ClassificationPrints
Credit LineWinthrop H. Perry Collection
Object number
1929.44
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Exhibition HistoryTMA The Painter Was a Printmaker: June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984. TMA, Storytelling in Miniature, October 7, 2011-March 4, 2012.Label TextIn 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.- Works on Paper
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