Samuel Palmer. 1805-1881.
The Herdsman's Cottage, or, Sunset. 1888. Etching. Lister 3.ii. Image 3 7/8 x 3; plate 4 7/8 x 4; sheet 6 x 4 7/8. Initialed, lower left, As published in, The Portfolio , 1872. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 3 (1913): 213. Printed on cream laid paper, the sheet trimmed but with ample margins. $650. Another proof, on the same paper, with full margins (sheet 16 7/8 x 11). $850
The Willow. 1850. Etching. Lister 1.ii/iv. 4 5/8 x 3 3/16. As published by A. H. Palmer, The Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher. London: Seeley, 1892. First edition. Octavo, origal gilt-pictorial and lettered blue cloth. Frontispiece portrait, and 22 plates, including the original etching The Willow executed in 1850 for his admission to the Etching Club. This book served as the catalogue raisonné until Lister's catalogue. A scarce book complete with the etching. Light foxing on the etching, outside the image. $875.
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