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In a Shoreham Garden Samuel Palmer (1805-1881) about 1830 Great Britain Watercolour and gouache on paper 28.2 x 22.3 cm Museum no. P.32-1926 Purchased, 1926 Palmer’s religious faith pervades the early paintings he produced at Shoreham in Kent. This magical work of around 1829 echoes the Garden of Eden; with its apple tree in blossom, woman and snake-like creeper at lower right. Palmer once wrote '...spring showers, blossoms and odours in profusion... Breathe on earth the air of Paradise'

In a Shoreham Garden, Samuel Palmer

In a Shoreham Garden
Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
about 1830
Great Britain
Watercolour and gouache on paper
28.2 x 22.3 cm
Museum no. P.32-1926
Purchased, 1926

Palmer’s religious faith pervades the early paintings he produced at Shoreham in Kent. This magical work of around 1829 echoes the Garden of Eden; with its apple tree in blossom, woman and snake-like creeper at lower right. Palmer once wrote '…spring showers, blossoms and odours in profusion…Breathe on earth the air of Paradise'.