Samuel Palmer

View of Clovelly, Devon

ca. 1848–49 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor), black chalk and graphite · sheet: 10 5/8 x 14 15/16 in. (27 x 38 cm)

View of Clovelly, Devon, Palmer, ca. 1848–49
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Palmer, View of Clovelly, Devon, ca. 1848–49. Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor), black chalk and graphite.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Bequest of Mary Cushing Fosburgh, 1978

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