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The Herdsman by Samuel Palmer — VisualArtsDB

The Herdsman

The Herdsman

1825–1881

Medium: Etching in black on paper
Dimensions: Image: 13.1 × 20 cm (5 3/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 19 × 26.1 cm (7 1/2 × 10 5/16 in.); Sheet: 23.5 × 36.5 cm (9 5/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
Genre: etching
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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