# The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning

- By: Samuel Palmer (British, 1805 - 1881)
- Date: 1857
- Medium: etching, hand-colored with watercolor and opaque white with gold highlights
- Classification: Print
- Dimensions: plate: 9.5 x 7.8 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.) ; overall (mat size): 27.9 x 35.6 cm (11 x 14 in.)
- Culture: British
- Credit line: Rosenwald Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.9505.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/64067460-e734-4933-aecb-ac43450e37cf/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)