Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
The White Cloud
oil on canvas
Based on a small monochrome drawing of c. 1831-2, in the Ashmolean, this painting is one of a series exploring the picturesque possibilities of clouds.
The landscape is based on that surrounding the village of Shoreham in Kent, where Palmer spent 'the happiest years of his life', between c. 1827 and 1835.
The Ashmolean, Oxford