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The Skylark, 1850. Etching on ivory chine, laid down on white wove paper.
Etching on ivory chine, laid down on white wove paper · Plate: 12.4 × 11.6 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Skylark
- Artist
- Samuel Palmer English, 1805-1881
- Date
- 1850
- Medium
- Etching on ivory chine, laid down on white wove paper
- Dimensions
- Plate: 12.4 × 11.6 cm (4 15/16 × 4 5/8 in.); Sheet: 29.5 × 21.5 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial 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.




