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Sunset, c. 1850. Etching on paper.

Etching on paper · Image: 9.7 × 7.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum title: Sunset
Artist: Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881
Date: c. 1850
Medium: Etching on paper
Dimensions: Image: 9.7 × 7.7 cm (3 7/8 × 3 1/16 in.); Plate: 10.3 × 12.4 cm (4 1/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.1 × 26.4 cm (13 7/8 × 10 7/16 in.)
Credit line: The Charles Deering Collection
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Art Institute of Chicago

Artist’s life 1805–1881

Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.