Samuel Palmer

On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance

ca. 1835 · Watercolor and black chalk over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor) · sheet: 10 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (27.1 x 38 cm)

On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance, Palmer, ca. 1835
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Palmer, On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance, ca. 1835. Watercolor and black chalk over graphite with touches of gouache (bodycolor).

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Rogers Fund, 1970

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