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A cottage and Trees near Salisbury

Watercolour
28 July, 1829 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of a cottage and trees under a dark sky.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleA cottage and Trees near Salisbury (popular title)
Materials and techniques
black chalk and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Watercolour, A Cottage and Trees near Salisbury, nu John Constable 1829
Physical description
Drawing of a cottage and trees under a dark sky.
Dimensions
  • Height: 23.4cm
  • Width: 33.6cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'July 28. 1829 near Salisbury' (Inscribed below on left in pencil by the artist.)
  • '11' (Serial number inscribed on the back in ink.)
  • 'JC' (Monogram inscribed in pencil on the back)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'Constable was elected R.A. on 10 February 1829. He exhibited 'Hadleigh Castle' (now in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; see No. 127 [D.234-1888] in this Catalogue) and a landscape of a "rich cottage". He paid his last two visits to Fisher at Salisbury, in July and in November. His preparations for English Landscape Scenery got under way in this year: the earliest letter on the subject to Lucas printed by Shirley (S.: L., p. 20) is dated 28 August 1829.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p.190]
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 190-193
Other number
315, plate 236 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
210-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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