Samuel
Palmer
(Newington,
south London 1805 – 1881 Redhill, near
Reigate, Surrey)
The
Herdsman's Cottage

The
Herdsman’s Cottage
Alexander 3 ii/ii, Lister 3 ii/ii
124 x 100 mm (bevelled plate) 98 x 76 mm (image) 342 x 238 mm (sheet)
Etching,
1850. The plate initialled in the lower border.
Published state, issued by P G Hamerton 1872-80.
On laid paper. A couple of foxmarks in the
side margins. The tips of the sheet corners supported
verso. A blind stamp in the lower margin, illegible
through partial abrasion.
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Additional
Information about the Print
The plate was not published till 1872, when Hamerton
included it in The Portfolio.
This impression is probably from Hamerton’s Examples
of Modern Etching, 1875. Hamerton would issue
it a third time in the 1880 edition of Etching
and Etchers, reflecting his admiration for
the plate which he considered “in its own
way, … is like a pearl or diamond without
flaw”.
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