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William Vaughan is professor emeritus of history of art at Birkbeck College at the University of London.
Vaughan's Samuel Palmer, with its many gorgeously reproduced images, shows Palmer's deeply rural world . . . Palmer was an artist of an imaginary, unspoiled Arcadian England that nonetheless referenced contemporary costume and details of domestic architecture. -Kate Flint, Public Books -- Kate Flint * Public Books * [A] substantial, fully illustrated, color monograph . . . [that] presents Palmer's career chronologically and comprehensively. -K. Rhodes, Choice -- K. Rhodes * Choice * At every point, Vaughan refuses to comply with the image of Palmer as an isolated visionary, doing him far greater justice instead by painting a rich portrait of the age as well of the man: where he was influenced and where he influenced, where he triumphed and where he fell short. -Alice Spawls, TLS -- Alice Spawls * TLS * Vaughan's magisterial, readable account gives us the whole story of this artist whose work still resonates and surprises. -Ruth Guilding, Evening Standard -- Ruth Guilding * Evening Standard * This is the big book that Palmer devotees have been awaiting since Geoffrey Grigson's brilliant pioneering study of the artist in 1947. It's a superb and authoritative account which brings together all the invaluable research done by other scholars and offers a new interpretation -Andrew Lambirth, Spectator -- Adam Lambirth * Spectator *
