A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
A Fine Line: Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
Samuel Palmer, R.W.S
A Shepherd leading his flock under the full moon
Auction Closed
July 7, 10:53 AM GMT
Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of the late Cyril and Shirley Fry
Samuel Palmer, R.W.S
Newington 1805 - 1881 Redhill
A Shepherd leading his flock under the full moon
Black watercolour over black chalk, heightened with scratching out, on card
148 by 178 mm
The artist (1805-1881),
by descent to his son, Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932);
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, R.A. (1876-1938);
Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1972),
by whom given to Cyril and Shirley Fry
by descent to his son, Alfred Herbert Palmer (1853-1932);
Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs, R.A. (1876-1938);
Leonard Gordon Duke (1890-1972),
by whom given to Cyril and Shirley Fry
G. Grigson, Samuel Palmer, London 1947, pp. 93 and 175, no. 80, pl. 36, reproduced;
International Studio, May 1927, p. 64;
M. Hardie, Water-Colour Painting in Britain, vol. II, The Romantic Period, London 1976, pl. 149, reproduced;
C. Peacock, Samuel Palmer: Shoreham and After, London 1968, pl. 4, reproduced;
R. Lister, Samuel Palmer, Cambridge 1985, no. 112, p. 73, reproduced;
W. Vaughan et al, Samuel Palmer (1805-1881): Vision and Landscape, London and New York 2005, p. 108, under no. 31
International Studio, May 1927, p. 64;
M. Hardie, Water-Colour Painting in Britain, vol. II, The Romantic Period, London 1976, pl. 149, reproduced;
C. Peacock, Samuel Palmer: Shoreham and After, London 1968, pl. 4, reproduced;
R. Lister, Samuel Palmer, Cambridge 1985, no. 112, p. 73, reproduced;
W. Vaughan et al, Samuel Palmer (1805-1881): Vision and Landscape, London and New York 2005, p. 108, under no. 31
London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings, Etchings & Woodcuts by Samuel Palmer and other Disciples of William Blake, 1926, no. 72;
London, Arts Council, Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, 1951, no. 128;
London, Arts Council, Samuel Palmer and his Circle: The Shoreham Period, 1956, no. 20;
London, Arts Council, Samuel Palmer and his Circle: The Shoreham Period, 1957, no. 30;
Paris, Petit Palais, La peinture romantique anglaise et les préraphaélites, 1972, no. 204;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 48
London, Arts Council, Three Centuries of British Watercolours and Drawings, 1951, no. 128;
London, Arts Council, Samuel Palmer and his Circle: The Shoreham Period, 1956, no. 20;
London, Arts Council, Samuel Palmer and his Circle: The Shoreham Period, 1957, no. 30;
Paris, Petit Palais, La peinture romantique anglaise et les préraphaélites, 1972, no. 204;
Sudbury, Gainsborough's House, A Peculiarly English Art, English Drawings and Watercolours, 1994, no. 48