Samuel Palmer. 1805-1881.
The Early Ploughman. Begun before 1861. Etching. Alexander 9 state viii/viii; Lister 9 state ix/ix. 5 1/4 x 7 5/8 (sheet 10 3/8 x 12 1/8). Numbered 'XII' in the lower right-hand margin. A fine impression from the edition of 75 printed by F. L. Griggs and published by A. J. Finberg's Cotswold Gallery in 1926. A rich impression printed on heavy wove paper with wide margins. Mild toning in the image, otherwise good original condition. Illustrated: The Print Collector's Quarterly 3 (1913): 224. Initialed beneath the image by Sir Frank Short, Martin Hardie, and F. L. Griggs who had been jointly responsible for the printing of the final edition of five of the artist's plates. $3,500.
Griggs wrote of this edition, "I had none of the original proofs by me for guidance, having decided to be quite free in interpreting, for the printing of this final State, what I had come to think Samuel Palmer's intentions were. In the result, a comparison with the originals revealed my proofs as rather stronger and clearer, and perhaps they gain something in the sentiment of early morning freshness which Samuel Palmer so loved."
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