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A Cornfield bordered by Trees

Samuel Palmer (1805–1881)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

A Cornfield bordered by Trees

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This is the smallest of a number of panels of c.1833–1834. Many elements of the composition can be found in other works of the period: the waggon drawn by a horse, the path winding down the hillside and the timeless figures. The scene evokes Palmer's vision of a pastoral paradise in the English countryside and was one of the last paintings

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Title

A Cornfield bordered by Trees

Date

c. 1833–1834

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 17.5 x W 14.9 cm

Accession number

WA1947.168

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1947

Work type

Painting

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Samuel Palmer

1805–1881

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