The Homeward Star

Samuel Palmerca. 1876

Details

Title: The Homeward Star
Creator: Samuel Palmer
Date Created: ca. 1876
Signatures / Inscriptions: Unsigned
Object Type: Drawings, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1940
Materials & Techniques: Pen and ink drawing on wove paper mounted on board
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: This drawing was the final study for the etching of the same title. The copperplate version was one of ten illustrations for an English version of the Eclogues of Virgil, by Samuel Palmer, London, 1883. Most of the etchings were completed by the artist’s son, A.H. Palmer. (note by Richard S. Field)
Dimensions: 1881
Bibliography: Alexander 14
Associated People: Created by Samuel Palmer (British (English), 1805-1881)
Accession Number: 1940.D1.161

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