A fine impression of Samuel Palmer's first etching 'The Willow'. The scene shows a large willow tree swooped over a gentle river. There are two cows to the left of the tree in the water, with a small swan just in front. Palmer submitted this etching for his admission to the Etching Club in 1850. Titled 'The Willow', it was never featured in any of the Club's publications and remained unpublished during Palmer's lifetime. It was eventually released in 1892 by his son, A. H. Palmer, as part of the expanded memoir 'The Life and Letters of Samuel Palmer'. Alexander 1 ii/iii, Lister 1 ii/iii