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The Skylark
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Palmer came to printmaking relatively late in his career in 1850 when he was elected to the Etching Club in London. He created a significant number of landscape etchings, intricate in detail and sonorous in chiaroscuro. In The Skylark, one of Palmer’s earliest compositions, a solitary figure in a rural landscape contemplates the flight of a songbird. Palmer has been compared to the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich (also in this exhibition), who produced images infused with a similarly indefinable atmosphere of calm, mystery, and breathless silence.
| Artist / Maker | Samuel Palmer |
|---|---|
| Date | 1850 |
| Culture / Origin | England, 19th century |
| Medium | etching |
| Department | Prints |
| Type |
About the Artist
Samuel Palmer (British, 1805–1881) Full biography →
Provenance & Source
Image & data: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0 / Public Domain.
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