id: 142363
accession number: 1966.181
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.181
updated: 2023-04-23 11:15:55.993000
The Skylark, 1850. Samuel Palmer (British, 1805–1881). Etching; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, presented in honor of Henry Sayles Francis, Curator of Prints 1966.181
title: The Skylark
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creation date: 1850
creation date earliest: 1850
creation date latest: 1850
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creditline: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams, presented in honor of Henry Sayles Francis, Curator of Prints
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culture: England, 19th century
technique: etching
department: Prints
collection: PR - Etching
type: Print
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catalogue raisonne: Lister 2
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CREATORS
* Samuel Palmer (British, 1805–1881) - artist
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state of the work: VI/VIII
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Samuel Palmer Etchings
opening date: 1967-03-29T05:00:00
Samuel Palmer Etchings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 29-June 6, 1967).
title: The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art
opening date: 1990-05-01T04:00:00
The Birth and Flowering of British Romantic Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-July 22, 1990).
title: Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century
opening date: 2004-08-15T00:00:00
Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 15-November 14, 2004).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/15/04-11/14/04. "Nature Sublime: Landscapes from the 19th Century". No exhibition catalogue.
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PROVENANCE
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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.
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.181/1966.181_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.181/1966.181_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.181/1966.181_full.tif