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Description: | Samuel Palmer's romantic vision of the countryside is expressed in this important watercolour. The long flowing robes of the girl and her huge sheaf of corn suggest timelessness and also the fruitfulness of nature. The rising moon illuminates the sky, whilst the landscape and village are bathed in the last golden light from the setting sun. The colour is broken up into jewel-like blobs. The blue sea and the style of buildings suggest that the picture was inspired by sketches that Palmer made on his long honeymoon trip to Italy in 1837-39. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East art movement artists animals watercolours art natural world women | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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