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Archdeacon John Fisher with his dogs, Salisbury

Watercolour
22 July 1829 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Sketch of a figure with his dogs amidst trees.


Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Animals and Wildlife
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
Watercolour
TitleArchdeacon John Fisher with his dogs, Salisbury (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pen, bistre ink, and watercolour on paper
Ink
Bistre
Watercolour (Paint)
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Watercolour, Archdeacon John Fisher with his Dogs, Salisbury, by John Constable, 1829
Physical description
Sketch of a figure with his dogs amidst trees.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.3cm
  • Width: 12.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • '22d July 1829-Salisbury Fisher & his dogs' (Inscribed on back in pencil by the artist.)
  • '14' (Serial number inscribed on back in ink)
  • 'M.L.C.' [Maria Louisa Constable] (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]
Subjects depicted
Dogs
Landscape
John Fisher
Place depicted
Salisbury
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 190, 191
  • Timothy Wilcox, Constable and Salisbury. The Soul of Landscape London: Scala Publishers Ltd, 2011. ISBN: 978 1 85759 678 6.
Other number
313, plate 234 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
206-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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