PALMER, Samuel
(b. 1805, Newington, d. 1881, Redhill)

Early Morning

1825
Pen and ink and wash, mixed with gum arabic, varnished, 188 x 232 mm
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

In Early Morning, the sense of a new beginning, of spiritual rebirth, is made manifest through the rabbit climbing a sunlit path, and by the figures embowered by corn who have come out to hear the dawn chorus.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 5 minutes):
Edvard Grieg: Peter Gynt Suite No 1, Op, 46 ('Morning Mood')