“I don't suffer much from solitude in the evenings. I spring upon my books. I always spoke a good word for solitude, and it is grateful to me. Books ward off the ghastly thoughts.”

The Life and letters of Samuel Palmer, Painter and Etcher (AH Palmer, London, 1892)

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British landscape painter, etcher and printmaker 1805–1881

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