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Wheatsheaves at East Bergholt

Drawing
1815, August 15 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pencil drawing of wheatsheaves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWheatsheaves at East Bergholt (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil on paper
Brief description
Drawing, Wheatsheaves at East Bergholt, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1815
Physical description
Pencil drawing of wheatsheaves.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.8cm
  • Width: 10.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • w (Truncated watermark)
  • 15 August 1815. East Bergholt (Inscribed below by the artist.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Historical context
In 1815 Constable exhibited five paintings and three drawings at the Royal Academy, including 'Boat-building' (No. 137). His mother died early this year and he was in Suffolk in May. He left London again for Suffolk on 6 July and remained there most of the year, being detained during December by his father's serious illness.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 106]
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 106, 108
Other number
140, plate 118 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
827-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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