Lot 445
Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) The Lonely Tower, etching, 1879.
Hammer Price: £3,400
Description
Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) The Lonely Tower, etching, an excellent impression of the first published state with the number '16' printed in the lower left corner, signed in pencil in the lower right, on laid japan, platemark 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), sheet 227 x 295 mm. (8 7/8 x 11 1/2 in), minor surface dirt, unframed, one of the Twenty-one Etchings by the Etching Club, published by H Blair Ansdell, 1879.
⁂ "Or let my lamp at midnight hour,
Be seen in some high lonely tow'r,
Where I may oft out-watch the Bear
[Milton 'Il Penseroso']
Literature: cf. Alexander 12, Lister 12
Description
Palmer (Samuel, 1805-1881) The Lonely Tower, etching, an excellent impression of the first published state with the number '16' printed in the lower left corner, signed in pencil in the lower right, on laid japan, platemark 190 x 255 mm. (7 1/2 x 10 in), sheet 227 x 295 mm. (8 7/8 x 11 1/2 in), minor surface dirt, unframed, one of the Twenty-one Etchings by the Etching Club, published by H Blair Ansdell, 1879.
⁂ "Or let my lamp at midnight hour,
Be seen in some high lonely tow'r,
Where I may oft out-watch the Bear
[Milton 'Il Penseroso']
Literature: cf. Alexander 12, Lister 12
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