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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>
A Church among Trees
Purchased 1922
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
architecture
church
features
figure
landscape
objects
people
religious
road
sheaf
spire
townscapes / man-made features
village
wooded
<p>Palmer drew this about five years after he first met Blake. It shows the strong influence of Blake’s illustrations to Thornton’s Virgil, displayed nearby. There is a similar contrast of dark and light, though handled more broadly.</p><p>This drawing is also an evocation of the English pastoral vision, which complements Blake’s idea of England as a country where Jerusalem would one day have been ‘builded’. The peaceful walk to the church is flanked by wheat sheaves – a symbol of the Last Judgement, when the good are gathered into God’s heaven.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique ink card
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
15 June 2005 – 4 September 2005
2005-09-04
2005-06-15
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-06-15
A Picture of Britain
Exhibition
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
2005-10-21
Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881; Vison and Landscape
Loan-out
1 April 2006 – 16 April 2007
2007-04-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-04-01
Blake in the 1940s
Collection based display
13 September 2010 – 7 December 2010
2010-12-07
13 September 2010 – 7 December 2010
2010-12-07
2010-09-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2010-09-13
CAS 3
Collection based display
12 August 2019 – 17 March 2020
2020-03-17
12 August 2019
2019-08-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2019-08-12
Blake Followers
Collection based display
A Church among Trees
support: 152 × 184 mm
frame: 357 × 372 × 15 mm
Purchased 1922
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<span class="text7">Palmer drew this about five years after  he first met      Blake. It shows the strong </span><span class="text16">influence of      Blake’s illustrations to Thornton’s</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text17">Virgil</span><span class="text7">, displayed nearby. There      is a similar contrast of dark and light, though handled more broadly. </span>
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<span class="text7">This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> is also an evocation of the </span><span class="text15">English pastoral vision, which complements</span><span class="text7"> </span><span class="text14">Blake’s idea of England as a      country where</span><span class="text7"> Jerusalem would one day have      been ‘builded’. The peaceful walk to the church is flanked by      wheat sheaves – a symbol  of the Last Judgement, when the good are      gathered into God’s heaven. </span>
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adults agriculture, gardening & fishing architecture church features figure landscape objects people religious road sheaf spire townscapes / man-made features village wooded