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Blenheim Palace and Park, Woodstock

Drawing
08/07/1821 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Sketch of field and trees, with Blenheim Palace in the distance. Low horizon.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
Drawing
TitleBlenheim Palace and Park, Woodstock (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, Blenheim Palace and Park, Woodstock, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1821
Physical description
Sketch of field and trees, with Blenheim Palace in the distance. Low horizon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.3cm
  • Width: 26.1cm
Styles
British
19th
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Y MILLS TMAN 19' (truncated watermark)
  • 'Blenheim. June 1821.' (Inscribed on the back in ink)
  • 30 (serial number inscribed on the back in ink)
  • 'M.L.C.' [Maria Louisa Constable] (Inscribed on the back in pencil)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the Artist, 1888
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]
Place depicted
Blenheim Palace
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 139-140
Other number
219, Plate 164 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
355-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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