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The Skylark
The Skylark
Artist/Maker (British, 1805 - 1881)
Date1850
MediumEtching on chine appliqué
DimensionsComposition: 3 15/16 × 2 7/8 in. (10 × 7.3 cm) Plate: 4 13/16 × 3 7/8 in. (12.2 × 9.8 cm) Sheet: 5 11/16 × 4 7/16 in. (14.4 × 11.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of William G. Roehrick, Class of 1934, H1971
Object number1984.452
Not on view
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Exhibition History 1992
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Rebels & Romantics: Some British Moderns and Their Work," June 6 - September 6, 1992 (cat. no. 35).

1986
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Gallery I, Hamilton College). Summer 1986.

1985
Clinton, NY. (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Gallery II, Hamilton College). Summer 1985.
Provenance 1984: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by gift of William G. Roehrick;
?: William G. Roehrick, by purchase at auction from Christie's, New York.
Markings Marks: none noted.
Published References David Lewis, ed., REBELS & ROMANTICS: SOME BRITISH MODERNS AND THEIR WORK (exh. cat. Clinton, NY, Fred L. Emerson Gallery, 1992), [checklist] 64.
Signature Signed "S Palmer" at lower left composition; signed "S. Palmer" at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed none noted.
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