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The Morning of Life, 1860/1861. Etching in black on paper.
Etching in black on paper · Image: 13.5 × 20.7 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Morning of Life
- Artist
- Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881
- Date
- 1860/1861
- Medium
- Etching in black on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 13.5 × 20.7 cm (5 3/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Plate: 14.5 × 21.5 cm (5 3/4 × 8 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.5 × 27 cm (8 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Clarence Buckingham Collection
- 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.