© Ashmolean Museum
The Prospect
Artist: Samuel Palmer (1805 - 1881)
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1881
Materials: watercolour & bodycolour on London board
Dimensions: 50 x 79.4cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £75,000 (Total: £245,000)
Vendor: Through Andrew Clayton-Payne Ltd
Review number: 5614 (2005)
Provenance:
Leonard Rowe Valpy; Fine Arts Society; Joan Glass; Mary Baldwin; through Didi Malek to a private collector, 2000.
Description:
The scene, depicted at midday, illustrates lines 69-80 of John Milton's poem 'L'Allegro'. It belongs to a set of eight works illustrating Miltons' 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso', conceived as four pairs depicting the times of the day. Palmer always had a special affection for these poems. The scene, although imaginary, combines reminiscences of Shoreham, Naples and the Italian landscape in general.
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