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A Kentish Idyll, Samuel Palmer, ca. 1829-1830
Samuel Palmer, portraitSamuel PalmerBritish, 1805–1881

A Kentish Idyll

ca. 1829-1830 · Watercolour · 8.6 × 10.6 cm

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “A Kentish Idyll” now? Victoria and Albert Museum, Leighton, Room 102, London. Yes, on view now. Checked October 8, 2026.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

RoomLeighton, Room 102

On public display.

Checked
In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Details

Accession number
E.453-1953

What it shows

Rural scenesLandscapeSunsetsTreeKent

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsNeoclassicismRomanticism19th centuryEnglish RomanticBritish School

Display history

  1. On view · Leighton, Room 102

    Victoria and Albert Museum · Oct 8, 2026 — now · Verified

  2. Was not on view

    Victoria and Albert Museum · Sep 25, 2026 — Oct 8, 2026 · Verified

Sources

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Sunset, Samuel Palmer, ca. 1824

Sunset

ca. 1824 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Drawing, Samuel Palmer, ca.1824

Drawing

ca.1824 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Drawing, Samuel Palmer, ca.1824

Drawing

ca.1824 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Drawing, Samuel Palmer, ca.1824

Drawing

ca.1824 · Victoria and Albert Museum

A Cornfield with Windmill and Spire seen under a Crescent Moon; verso: Sketches of hill and moon, Samuel Palmer, c. 1826-1827

A Cornfield with Windmill and Spire seen under a Crescent Moon; verso: Sketches of hill and moon

c. 1826-1827 · Harvard Art Museums

A country road leading towards a church, Samuel Palmer, ca.1828

A country road leading towards a church

ca.1828 · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Primitive Cottage, Samuel Palmer, ca.1829

The Primitive Cottage

ca.1829 · Victoria and Albert Museum

Nocturnal landscape with full moon and deer, Samuel Palmer, ca.1829-30

Nocturnal landscape with full moon and deer

ca.1829-30 · Victoria and Albert Museum

In the same room · Leighton, Room 102, Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum page
Moonlight on elderflower, the garden, Shoreham, Franklin White, 1960

Franklin White

Moonlight on elderflower, the garden, Shoreham, 1960

The Combat, Paul Nash, 1910

Paul Nash

The Combat, 1910

Landscape sketch, Samuel Palmer, ca.1833

Samuel Palmer

Landscape sketch, ca.1833

A Village Church among Trees, Samuel Palmer, ca.1830

Samuel Palmer

A Village Church among Trees, ca.1830

The Primitive Cottage, Samuel Palmer, ca.1829

Samuel Palmer

The Primitive Cottage, ca.1829

Nocturnal landscape with full moon and deer, Samuel Palmer, ca.1829-30

Samuel Palmer

Nocturnal landscape with full moon and deer, ca.1829-30

A country road leading towards a church, Samuel Palmer, ca.1828

Samuel Palmer

A country road leading towards a church, ca.1828

Drawing, Samuel Palmer, ca.1824

Samuel Palmer

Drawing, ca.1824

On the same theme · Rural scenes

All works on the theme
Trees and Cottages, Cumberland, Paul Nash, 1924

Paul Nash

Trees and Cottages, Cumberland, 1924

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

The Eastern Gate, Samuel Palmer, 05/1879

Samuel Palmer

The Eastern Gate, 05/1879

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Farmyard with a pool, William Henry Hunt, ca. mid 19th century

William Henry Hunt

Farmyard with a pool, ca. mid 19th century

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

A Rustic Festival, Francis Philip Stephanoff, ca. 1805-60

Francis Philip Stephanoff

A Rustic Festival, ca. 1805-60

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

Canonteign, Devon, John Abbott, 1803

John Abbott

Canonteign, Devon, 1803

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

A Cottage in the Isle of Wight, Helen Allingham, ca. 1880-1900

Helen Allingham

A Cottage in the Isle of Wight, ca. 1880-1900

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum

A country road leading towards a church, Samuel Palmer, ca.1828

Samuel Palmer

A country road leading towards a church, ca.1828

Victoria and Albert Museum

Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, Thomas Smith, ca.1800

Thomas Smith

Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli, ca.1800

Not on view · Victoria and Albert Museum