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Petworth House from the Park

Watercolour
September 1834 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Landscape view of fields and trees with Petworth house in the distance.


Object details

Category
Watercolours
Object type
Watercolour
TitlePetworth House from the Park (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil and water-colour on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour (Paint)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
John Constable, Petworth House from the Park, 1834, Reynolds cat. no. 372
Physical description
Landscape view of fields and trees with Petworth house in the distance.
Dimensions
  • Height: 20.7cm
  • Width: 27.2cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Arundel' (Inscribed at tope left in pencil by the artist.)
  • 'Petworth Lord Egremont's' (Inscribed below on left in pencil in another hand.)
Historical context
'In 1834 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy three water-colour drawings and a pencil drawing: the former included 'The Mound of the City of Old Sarum, from the south' (No. 359 [1628-1888]) and a view of Stoke Poges Church. He visited George Constable for the first time at Arundel in July and Lord Egremont at Petworth in September.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 215]
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 215, 220, 221
  • Andrew Loukes, Constable at Petworth , [England] : National Trust, 2014.
Other number
372, plate 266 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
801-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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