On the North Coast of Devon, Lundy Island in the Distance, ca. 1835, Watercolor and black chalk over graphite with touches of gouache, sheet: 10 11/16 x 14 15/16 in. (27. 1 x 38 cm), Drawings, Samuel Palmer (British, London 1805?1881 Redhill, Surrey), During the mid-1830s, Samuel Palmer moved away from the visionary style of his youthful Shoreham period when he belonged to a group of like-minded artists known as the 'Ancients. ' In this coastal view of a county he dubbed 'dear, spongy Devon, ' Palmer's obsessive attention to detail and penchant for striking color serve a naturalistic vision