Varied and deliberately diverse, this group of essays provides a reassessment of the life and work of the popular nineteenth-century artist Samuel Palmer. While scholarly publications have been published recently which reassess Palmer's achievement, those works primarily consider the artist in isolation. This volume examines his work in relation to a wider art world and analyses areas of his life and output that have until now received little attention, reinstating the study of Palmer's work within broader debates about landscape and cultural history. In Samuel Palmer Revisited, the contributors provide a fresh perspective on Palmer's work, its context and its influence.
Biography
Simon Shaw-Miller is Professor of History of Art and Music, Birkbeck College, University of London and Honorary Research Fellow, Royal Academy of Music, London, UK. Sam Smiles is Emeritus Professor of Art History at the University of Plymouth, UK
'... the varied and sometimes significant new research presented in Samuel Palmer Revisited makes it an important addition to libraries of British art.' Print Quarterly '... offers significant new insights into Palmer's life and contexts ...' Victorian Studies
