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Stoke Poges Church, Buckinghamshire. Illustration to Gray's 'Elegy'

Watercolour
July 1833 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Church with a cemetery, trees, and birds flying above.

Object details

Categories
Watercolours
Landscapes
Literature
Object type
Watercolour
TitleStoke Poges Church, Buckinghamshire. Illustration to Gray's 'Elegy' (popular title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour on paper
Watercolour (Paint)
Paper (Fiber Product)
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Watercolour, Stoke Poges Church, Buckinghamshire, Illustration to Gray's 'Elegy', by John Constable, 1833
Physical description
Church with a cemetery, trees, and birds flying above.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Width: 19.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'Stanza 5th--"The breezy call of incense breathing morn, / No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed" / John Constable R.A. July 1833' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1833 Constable exhibited four oil paintings and three drawings at the Royal Academy: the former included 'Englefield House, Berkshire ... morning' (see Nos. 340-344 [345-1888, 255-1888, 1258-1888, 1258a-1888, 1258b-1888]) and 'Cottage in a Cornfield' (No. 352 [1631-1888]). He gave his first lecture in Hampstead this year. '

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 210]
Subjects depicted
Church
Graveyard
Places depicted
Stoke Poges
Buckinghamshire
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 210, 213
  • Coombs, Katherine British watercolours : 1750-1950 . London: V&A Publications, 2012 p.77, pl.65
Other number
354, plate 258 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
174-1888

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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