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A country cottage amid trees

Drawing
ca. 1830 - 1836 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

A depiction of a cottage amongst large trees in sepia wash.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
English
Watercolours
Landscapes
Object type
Drawing
TitleA country cottage amid trees (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Sepia wash on laid paper
Sepia
Paper
Brief description
Drawing, A country cottage amid trees, by John Constable, sepia wash, ca.1830-6
Physical description
A depiction of a cottage amongst large trees in sepia wash.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.7cm
  • Width: 14.3cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Historical context
'In 1836 Constable's two exhibits at the Royal Academy were the 'Cenotaph to the memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds' (now in the Tate Gallery, No. 1272) and the watercolour 'Stonehenge' (No. 395 [1629-1888]). He gave four lectures on 'The History of Landscape Painting' at the Royal Institution in May and June of this year and his last lecture, at Hampstead, on 25 July. Constable died on 31 March 1837. His almost completed painting 'Arundel Mill and Castle' (now in the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; see No. 379 [260-1888]) was exhibited posthumously at the Royal Academy.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 233]
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 233, 241
Other number
413, plate 307 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
816-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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