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A cart and team

Drawing
27/09/1821 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

A rough sketch of a cart with horses in a rural setting.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Transport
Animals and Wildlife
Object type
Drawing
TitleA cart and team (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, A cart and team, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1821
Physical description
A rough sketch of a cart with horses in a rural setting.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.4cm
  • Width: 11.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'27 Sepr 1821' (Inscribed in right lower corner in pencil by the artist. The date has been copied on to the back by another hand in ink.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Historical context
The chief of Constable's four exhibits in 1821 was 'Landscape: Noon' ('The Hay Wain') (National Gallery No. 1207; for the full-scale sketch see No. 209 [987-1900] in this Catalogue). His third child, Charles Golding Constable, was born on 29 March. He accompanied Archdeacon John Fisher on his visitation of Berkshire in June, took No. 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead, for his family during the summer and autumn and paid a visit to Fisher at Salisbury in November.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 135]
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 142, 143, 151
Other number
225, plate 180 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
839-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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