The Early Ploughman, or Morning Spread Upon the Mountains — Samuel Palmer | DiscoverArt

The Early Ploughman, or Morning Spread Upon the Mountains

begun before 1861

Etching; fifth state of nine

17.8 × 26.2 cm (7 × 10.3 in)

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