Job and his friends

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

Depiction of Job and his friends with mountains, trees, livestock, and figures.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Title	Job and his friends (popular title)
Materials and techniques	grey wash Grey Wash
Brief description	John CONSTABLE (1776-1837), Job and his friends, Grey wash, c.1836, Reynolds cat. no. 399
Physical description	Depiction of Job and his friends with mountains, trees, livestock, and figures.
Dimensions	Height: 100.5cm Width: 141.5cm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style	British School
Historical context	'In 1836 Constable's two exhibits at the Royal Academy were the 'Cenotaph to the memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds' (now in the Tate Gallery, No. 1272) and the watercolour 'Stonehenge' (No. 395 [1629-1888]). He gave four lectures on 'The History of Landscape Painting' at the Royal Institution in May and June of this year and his last lecture, at Hampstead, on 25 July. Constable died on 31 March 1837. His almost completed painting 'Arundel Mill and Castle' (now in the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; see No. 379 [260-1888]) was exhibited posthumously at the Royal Academy.' [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 233]
Subject depicted	Job
Bibliographic reference	Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 233, 235, 236
Other number	399, plate 299 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	D.1875-1908

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1043371/job-and-his-friends-drawing-constable-john-ra/

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