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The Lonely Tower, c. 1879. Etching on paper.
Etching on paper · Image: 16.8 × 23.4 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Lonely Tower
- Artist
- Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881
- Date
- c. 1879
- Medium
- Etching on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 16.8 × 23.4 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 19.1 × 25.3 cm (7 9/16 × 10 in.); Sheet: 33.7 × 44.2 cm (13 5/16 × 17 7/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. Harold R. Warner
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1805–1881
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.