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Samuel Palmer — The Early Plowman
Samuel Palmer

The Early Plowman

1861

Dawn light and agricultural labor unite in this etching that exemplifies Palmer's romantic vision of rural England, where human toil harmonizes with nature's rhythms and divine purpose.

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etching

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Samuel Palmer, The Early Plowman, 1861

Dawn light and agricultural labor unite in this etching that exemplifies Palmer's romantic vision of rural England, where human toil harmonizes with nature's rhythms and divine purpose.

Medium
etching
Year
1861
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Pastoral, Serene, Figure, Etching, Landscape, Romanticism, British, Earth Tones, Rural

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