Samuel Palmer

School House at Kings Norton Near Birmingham

1824 · Pen and brown ink and brush and watercolor, with scraping and additions of graphite, on ivory wove paper · 32.4 × 26.4 cm (12 13/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

School House at Kings Norton Near Birmingham, Palmer, 1824
Art Institute of Chicago

Palmer, School House at Kings Norton Near Birmingham, 1824. Pen and brown ink and brush and watercolor, with scraping and additions of graphite, on ivory wove paper.

The Art Institute of Chicago · Gift of Mrs. Isaac K. Friedman

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