Tempera on mahogany
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/samuel-palmer-411" aria-label="More by Samuel Palmer" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Samuel Palmer</a>
Gleaning Field
Bequeathed by Mrs Louisa Mary Garrett 1936
adults
agriculture and fishing
architecture
astronomy
cottage
emotions, concepts and ideas
evening
farmland
figure
harvesting
idyll
landscape
moon
people
residential
seasons
summer
times of the day
universal concepts
wooded
work and occupations
<p>Samuel Palmer’s vision of the landscape was shaped by his friendship with the older poet and artist William Blake (1757–1827). Blake’s words in <span>Milton</span> are those of a prophet waiting for liberty and peace to reign: ‘I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green &amp; pleasant Land.’ This picture shows a scene after harvesting has finished. Palmer, a devout Christian, created images of ‘England’s green &amp; pleasant Land’ that contrasted with the harsher contemporary reality of change and social unrest in the countryside.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2016</em></p>
painting tempera mahogany
21 October 2005 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
21 October 2005 – 22 January 2006
2006-01-22
2005-10-21
British Museum (London, UK)
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk
7 March 2006 – 28 May 2006
2006-05-28
2006-03-07
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2005-10-21
Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881; Vison and Landscape
Loan-out
19 October 2007 – 11 January 2009
2009-01-11
19 October 2007
2007-10-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-10-19
Visionary Landscapes
Collection based display
13 February 2009 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
13 February 2009 – 30 October 2010
2010-10-30
2009-02-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-02-13
Visionary Landscapes
Collection based display
21 November 2012 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
17 November 2012
2012-11-17
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-21
Gallery 10
Collection based display
The Gleaning Field
support: 305 × 454 mm
frame: 439 × 592 × 62 mm
Bequeathed by Mrs Louisa Mary Garrett 1936
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<p>Samuel Palmer’s vision of the landscape was shaped by his friendship with the older poet and artist William Blake (1757–1827). Blake’s words in <i>Milton</i> are those of a prophet waiting for liberty and peace to reign: ‘I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England’s green &amp; pleasant Land.’ This picture shows a scene after harvesting has finished. Palmer, a devout Christian, created images of ‘England’s green &amp; pleasant Land’ that contrasted with the harsher contemporary reality of change and social unrest in the countryside.</p>
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