# Early Morning

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PALMER, Samuel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/palmer-samuel-r6ad668ac13ab20>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Pen and ink and wash, mixed with gum arabic, varnished, 188 x 232 mm

## Commentary

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. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 5 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/19\_cent/grieg\_peer\_gynt.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Edvard Grieg: Peter Gynt Suite No 1, Op, 46 \(&#39;Morning Mood&#39;\)&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Early Morning \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/palmer-samuel-r6ad668ac13ab20/early-morning-detail-r42e2d1f4b6c748>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/palmer-samuel-r6ad668ac13ab20/self-portrait-rea3c610e5845f7>)
- [Sketchbook, folio 5 verso](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/palmer-samuel-r6ad668ac13ab20/sketchbook-folio-5-verso-rc8665cc85479e1>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)