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The Rising Moon

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The Rising Moon

ca. 1855

Medium

Etching; sixth or between six and seventh state of nine

Dimensions

Sheet: 4 5/8 × 7 5/8 in. (11.8 × 19.3 cm) Mount: 11 7/8 × 8 1/2 in. (30.2 × 21.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Margaret Murray and Michael Blodget, 2018

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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