Watercolour and gouache on paper on wood
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A Dream in Apennine
Bequeathed by Mrs Hilda Fothergill Medlicott 1950
adults
animals: mammals
Apennines
architecture
cart
child
children
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
evening
figure
food and drink
fruit - non-specific
goat
hill
Italy
landscape
natural features (non-UK)
objects
ox
people
places
river
Rome - non-specific
society
sunset
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
tree
water: inland
<p>This picture shows a view of Rome from the South-East. It was exhibited in 1864 with this note: 'Suddenly, at a turn in the mountain road, we looked for the first time on that Plain; the dispenser of law, the refuge of philosophy, the cradle of faith. Ground which Virgil trod and Claude invested with supernatural beauty was sketched - but with a trembling pencil.' It is one of Palmer's largest watercolours, and is very densely painted in a mixture of watercolour and bodycolour (watercolour mixed with opaque white). Such heavily-worked up landscapes were characteristic of Palmer's later years. His reference to the Roman poet Virgil recalls the great impact which Blake's illustrations to Thornton's 'Pastorals of Virgil' had on him.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour gouache wood
2 February 2005 – 7 August 2005
2005-08-07
2 February 2005 – 2 May 2005
2005-05-02
2005-02-02
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
13 May 2005 – 7 August 2005
2005-08-07
2005-05-13
Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester, UK)
http://www.whitworth.man.ac.uk
2005-02-02
The Triumph of Watercolour: the early Years of the Royal Watercolour Society 1805-50
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
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
16 February 2011 – 21 August 2011
2011-08-21
2011-02-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-02-16
Watercolour
Exhibition
A Dream in the Apennine
support: 660 × 1016 mm
frame: 940 × 1295 × 75 mm
Bequeathed by Mrs Hilda Fothergill Medlicott 1950
<p>This picture shows a view of Rome from the South-East. It was exhibited in 1864 with this note: 'Suddenly, at a turn in the mountain road, we looked for the first time on that Plain; the dispenser of law, the refuge of philosophy, the cradle of faith. Ground which Virgil trod and Claude invested with supernatural beauty was sketched - but with a trembling <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a>.' It is one of Palmer's largest <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a>, and is very densely painted in a mixture of watercolour and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/gouache" title="Glossary definition for 'Gouache'"><span>bodycolour</span></a> (watercolour mixed with opaque white). Such heavily-worked up <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> were  characteristic of Palmer's later years. His reference to the Roman poet Virgil recalls the great impact which Blake's illustrations to Thornton's 'Pastorals of Virgil' had on him.</p>
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adults animals: mammals Apennines architecture cart child children cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents evening figure food and drink fruit - non-specific goat hill Italy landscape natural features (non-UK) objects ox people places river Rome - non-specific society sunset times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: land tree water: inland