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The rising of the Skylark

PALMER, Samuel

© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Inspired by the visionary poet and painter William Blake, Palmer settled in the Kentish village of Shoreham where he evolved a symbolic imagery celebrating rural fruitfulness and pastoral simplicity. Painted shortly after his return from a visit to Italy in 1839, this landscape was inspired by the lines from 'L'Allegro' by John Milton, perhaps the artist's favourite poet:

'To hear the lark begin his flight And singing, startle the dull night, From his watch tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise'.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 361

Creation/Production

PALMER, Samuel
Date: 1839 ca

Acquisition

Gift through the NACF, 7/1990
Donated through The National Art Collections Fund

Measurements

Height (cm): 30.8
Width (cm): 24.5
Height (in): 12
Width (in): 9

Techniques

board

Material

oil

Location

In store
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  • Ancients
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Fine Art
  • Landscape Features
  • Painting
  • Palmer, Samuel

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