Lot 181
  • 181

SAMUEL PALMER | The Weary Ploughman (A. 8)

Estimate
400 - 600 GBP
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Description

  • Samuel Palmer
  • The Weary Ploughman (A. 8)
  • etching, Alexander's eighth (final) state, on chine appliqué supported on thick wove paper (as issued)
  • plate: 19.2 by 26.2cm.; 7 1/2 by 10 1/4 in.; sheet: 22.8 by 30.4cm.; 9 by 12in.
  • Executed in 1858, published by Cundall in A Selection of Etchings by the Etching Club, 1865.

Condition

With wide margins (trimmed slightly unevenly), in good condition, some pale surface soiling and a few fox marks mostly on the wove support, remains of previous hinging at upper sheet edge verso with associated small areas of skinning, framed.
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