FDA-D.386-2010
Parts
Object number
FDA-D.386-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Near Margate, Twilight
Pilkington
Pilkington
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
collection
collection
Comments
A sketch of the 1840s of his mother's home town which he first painted in 1814, with the crescent moon at the centre.
Other number
Pi 259
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 168mm
width (actual size): 384mm
width (actual size): 384mm
Materials & techniques note
Pencil and watercolour with gum arabic
Production
Person
Palmer, Samuel, 1805 - 1881 (Artist)
Date
c. 1840
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Alan Pilkington; by whom presented/bequeathed to Eton College
Exhibited: 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Exhibited: 'Watercolours from the Eton College Collections', Verey Gallery, Eton College, 24 November 2018 to 24 February 2019
Previous ownership
Pilkington, Alan, 1879 - 1973: Bequeathed to Eton by Alan Pilkington, 1973
Palmer, Alfred Herbert, 1853 - 1932: In the collection of the artist's son, Alfred Herbert Palmer, in 1909; anon. sale; Christie's London, 24 May 1909, part 1 of 112, (to Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox); Anon. sale; Christie's London, 21 May 1954, lot 54, (to Agnew's)
Palmer, Alfred Herbert, 1853 - 1932: In the collection of the artist's son, Alfred Herbert Palmer, in 1909; anon. sale; Christie's London, 24 May 1909, part 1 of 112, (to Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox); Anon. sale; Christie's London, 21 May 1954, lot 54, (to Agnew's)
References
• Lister, R., Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of Samuel Palmer, Cambridge, 1988 (p. 137), Catalogue number: 356 illustrated
• Grigson, G., Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881: an exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1961, Catalogue number: 53
• Grigson, G., Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881: an exhibition of paintings, drawings and etchings, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, 1961, Catalogue number: 53
