Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher [Paperback]

A biography and letters of the English Romantic artist Samuel Palmer, written and compiled by his surviving son.First published in 1892, this biography and collection of letters was prepared by Samuel Palmers surviving son. The letters, which date from 1829 to 1881, include correspondence with the Ancients John Linnell, George Richmond and Edward Calvert. The book includes a range of illustrations and a catalogue of exhibited works.First published in 1892, this biography and collection of letters was prepared by Samuel Palmers surviving son. The letters, which date from 1829 to 1881, include correspondence with the Ancients John Linnell, George Richmond and Edward Calvert. The book includes a range of illustrations and a catalogue of exhibited works.The work of Samuel Palmer (18051881) received mixed critical success during his lifetime, and his later life was overshadowed by the death of his elder son. Largely forgotten after his own death in 1881, Palmer began to attract renewed interest in the mid-twentieth century and he is now recognised as a key figure in English Romanticism. First published in 1892, this combination of a biography and a collection of Samuel Palmer's letters was written and compiled by his surviving son, A. H. Palmer, who later, in 1909, burned large quantities of his father's sketchbooks and notebooks. The letters published here, which date from 1829 to 1881, include correspondence with other members of 'the Ancients', such as John Linnell, George Richmond and Edward Calvert. The book also includes a range of sketches and etchings, as well as a catalogue of exhibited works.Preface; 1. The life of Samuel Palmer; 2. The letters of Samuel Palmer; 3. A catalogue of the exhibited works and the etchings of Samuel Palmer.