# Sabrina

**Samuel Palmer** (British, 1805–1881)  
1856  
Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite, with reductive techniques, shell gold and gum arabic  
Sheet: 21 15/16 × 30 1/8 in. (55.7 × 76.5 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2017.252. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/747611).

## About this work

Samuel Palmer painted this in 1856, aged 51. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Opaque watercolour.** Watercolour made opaque with white or chalk and laid in flat, even layers. Persian and Indian painters ground their colours from minerals, applied them with the finest brushes and burnished the finished page.
- **Watercolour.** Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.

### [Samuel Palmer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/samuel-palmer)

British, 1805–1881; born in London; died in Redhill, Surrey

## Facts

- Type: Drawings
- The artist was 51
- Real size: about 22 × 30 in (56 × 77 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Human Figures, Animals, Hills, Landscapes, Trees
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1284.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1284/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sabrina-met-747611).