The Early Ploughman

The Early Ploughman

Artist
Samuel Palmer (English, 1805 – 1881)
Date
1861
Medium or Technique
Etching on laid paper
Dimensions
5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches
Collection
Syracuse University Art Galleries
Accession Number
SUAC 1963.0587
Credit Line
Syracuse University Art Collection, gift of Mr. Cloud Wampler

Description

Samuel Palmer created The Early Ploughman (1861) in the middle of his etching career. Bringing an Italianate feel to a British landscape, he depicts men hard at work tending to their oxen as a woman watches carrying a water pitcher against the early morning sky. He emphasizes the simplistic relationship between rural folk and their natural environments during a time of increasing industrialization. Various versions of the etching were created by Palmer as well by his son, Alfred Herbert Palmer.

Essay

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