Samuel Palmer, “The Willow”, 1850

Samuel Palmer (1805–81)

“The Willow”, 1850, executed on the artist’s admission to the Etching Club in 1850 and published in London by Seeley & Co in 1892 on page 2 of “The Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer”, written by the son of Samuel Palmer, Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932).

Etching on wove paper with full margins as published.

Size: (sheet) 22.7 x 15 cm; (plate) 11.5 x 7.8 cm; (image) 9 x 6.7 cm

Inscribed in the plate (lower left): “S. Palmer 1850”.

The British Museum offer the following description of this print from the later 1926 edition of 75 impressions: “Tree on the edge of a stream in which two cows stand. 1850 Etching” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1926-0903-10).

State ii (of iii) before the addition of “a small engraved triangle below the lower left-hand corner of the frame line” (Lister 1969, p. 99).

Lister 1.ii (Raymond Lister 1969, “Samuel Palmer and his Etchings”, New York, Watson-Guptill publications, p. 99, cat. no. 1 [state ii]).

Condition: a richly inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression with full margins as published. There is an area of thinness to the lower margin of the sheet (visible when held to the light), otherwise the print is in a near pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, stains or signs of handling.

I am selling this original Samuel Palmer etching for the total cost of AU$710 (approximately US$474.12, EUR €399.92, or GBP £347.52). This price includes worldwide express shipping. Please note that any applicable import duties are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in purchasing this print by one of Britain’s most famous artists, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

This is the second copy of this print I have listed. The previous copy has been sold.

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