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Samuel Palmer

The Golden Hour

1865
watercolor and gouache with graphite and scraping

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Around the time this watercolor was made, Samuel Palmer began to focus primarily on naturalistic landscapes that he hoped would be commercially successful in order to contend with the practical responsibilities of married life and family.

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