28 1/8 x 20 1/4 ins
Provenance
Alfred Palmer, the artist’s son.
His sale at Christies [24.5.09, lot 118]
Sampson, acquired at the above sale.
Christies Anon sale, [25.5.1936, lot 109].
F.R.Meatyard, acquired at the above sale.
Leger Galleries, 1937.
Henry Reitlinger, acquired from the above.
Sotheby’s, sale of Reitlinger collection [27.1.1954, lot 124].
Agnews, acquired at above sale.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners in 1954.
Exhibitions
The British Museum, London, Samuel Palmer, Bicentenary Exhibition, October 2005 – January 2006.
The Metropolitan Museum, New York, Samuel Palmer, Bicentenary Exhibition, March – May 2006.
The above exhibitions represent the first major showing of Palmer’s work since 1926.
Publications
Raymond Lister, Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer, 1988. Reproduced Plate.178.
The exhibition catalogue for the British Museum bicentenary exhibition mentioned below [reproduced in colour].