[The Early Ploughman or, The morning spread upon the mountains] Finished state [in pencil]
Samuel Palmer [in pencil] A.H.P. Private Press [in pencil in margin][n.d. c.1860] Etching, 180 x 250mm (7 x 10"), with large margins. Paper slightly toned. A ploughman drives a team of four oxen towards the fields at sunrise. Birds take flight above a bridge, while a figure carrying a pot on their head stands beside a line of trees. Annotated in graphite by Samuel's son 'finished state' and signed 'Samuel Palmer.' A.H.P. Private Press refers to the personal printing press operated by A. H. Palmer (Alfred Herbert Palmer), the son of the celebrated 19th-century British landscape painter and etcher Samuel Palmer. Lister 9 VI of VIII. Alexander 9 VI of VIII.
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