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Samuel Palmer knew Blake's work already, though he did not see him for the first time till the 9th October 1824. It was with reference to this sketchbook that he wrote in 1824: \"I will now begin a new sketchbook and, I hope, try to work with a child's simple feeling and with the industry of humility.\"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Leaf 22 (page 44) from a sketchbook. Ink sketches. Recto showing a shepherd in a pastoral landscape, titled 'Sunset'. Verso showing sketches of tree branches and leaves. By Samuel Palmer, England, the book started in 1824.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Vaughan, William, Barker, Elizabeth E., Harrison, Colin, et al. <i>Samuel Palmer 1805- 1881 : Vision and Landscape</i>. 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Cat.); Fitzwilliam 1984 (4; leaves 5, 20, 22).\r\nLit: L&L pp. 12-3; Grigson pp. 159-60 (no. 24), repr. Pls. 7, 8 (leaves 5 verso, 47 recto); ‘Palmer’s Valley’ pp. 4-5, repr. Pls. 2-9 (leaves 11 recto, 47 verso, 62 verso, 18 recto, 49 recto, 12 verso, 50 verso, 23 recto); M Butlin, ‘Samuel Palmer’s Sketch-Book, 1824, 1962, with complete reproduction of all surviving leaves; Cecil pp. 29ff, 50, repr. Pls. 16-22 (leaves 19 recto, 26 recto, 33 verso, 26 verso, 31 recto, 21 verso, 86 verso); ‘Etchings’ pp. 21-4; Parris p. 120, repr. Leaf 2 verso, leaf 23 verso, leaf 27 recto; Sellars pp. 15, 16, 19, 30, repr. Pp. 5, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 23-6, 29, 143 (leaves 1 recto and verso, 3 recto, 4 recto and verso, 5 recto and verso, 6 recto and verso, 7 recto, 12 recto, 14 recto, 15 recto and verso, 17 recto, 18 recto, 67 recto, 68 recto); ‘Vision Recaptured’ p. 36, repr. Frontispiece and pls 17a, b (leaves 22 recto, 14 recto, 20 recto); Fitzwilliam 1984 Cat. Pp. 3-4, repr. 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