Lot 5: Samuel Palmer

Samuel Palmer Christmas (Folding the Last Sheep), from Samuel Palmer A Memoir (L. 4iv) etching, 1850, on laid paper, fourth state (of five), a posthumous impression, with margins, pale mount-staining, handling marks to the sheet edges, pale scattered foxing in the margins, backing-staining and minor skinning to the lower sheet edge on the reverse, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 124 x 117mm., S. 252 x 205mm.