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Samuel Palmer

The Weary Ploughman, or The Herdsman, or Tardus Bubulcus

begun 1858
Etching; second or fourth state of eight, working proof
26.4 × 35 cm (10.4 × 13.8 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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