A Cart on a lane at Flatford
Oil Painting
17 May 1811 (made)
17 May 1811 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Painting of a landscape with a man on a cart.
Object details
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| Title | A Cart on a lane at Flatford (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on paper laid on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'A Cart on a Lane at Flatford', John Constable, 1811 |
| Physical description | Painting of a landscape with a man on a cart. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '17 May, 1811 L.B.C.' (Inscribed in ink on a label on the stretcher; the initials are those of Lionel Bicknell Constable, the artist's youngest son) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | 'In the year 1811 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy comprised 'Twilight', and 'Dedham Vale: morning' (now in the collection of Sir Richard Proby). He visited Suffolk in the spring and paid his first visit to Salisbury in the autumn: this was probably the occasion of his first meeting with John Fisher, who was to become his closest friend. His attachment to Maria Bicknell became known during this year, and he received her father's permission to write to her in October.' [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 69] |
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| Other number | 100, plate 60. - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 326-1888 |
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| Record created | June 13, 2006 |
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