Samuel Palmer

Sabrina

1856 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques, shell gold and gum arabic · Sheet: 21 15/16 × 30 1/8 in. (55.7 × 76.5 cm)

Sabrina, Palmer, 1856
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Palmer, Sabrina, 1856. Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques, shell gold and gum arabic.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Purchase, Acquisitions Fund and David T. Schiff Gift, 2017

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