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The Morning of Life

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The Morning of Life

begun 1860–61

Medium

Etching; fourth state of seven

Tags

Animals Trees Morning Working Human Figures

Dimensions

sheet: 9 1/4 x 12 11/16 in. (23.5 x 32.3 cm), irreg. plate: 7 1/8 x 10 in. (18.1 x 25.4 cm) image: 5 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (13.6 x 20.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Theodore De Witt, 1923

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Samuel Palmer

1805–1881 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

British printmaker.

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