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View of Dedham from the Lane Leading from East Bergholt Church to Flatford

Oil
ca. 1810-1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Landscape view of fields with large tree in middle ground in oil on paper.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleView of Dedham from the Lane Leading from East Bergholt Church to Flatford (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Brief description
Oil sketch of a country landscape by Constable, England, 19th century.
Physical description
Landscape view of fields with large tree in middle ground in oil on paper.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 23.9cm
  • Approx. width: 30.2cm
  • Frame height: 50.3cm
  • Frame width: 55cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
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]
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 no.40
  • Morris, Edward, ed. Constable's Clouds: Paintings and Cloud Studies by John Constable , Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland ; Liverpool : National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, c2000. 176 p. : ill. (some col.). ISBN 1903278058 (paperback), 1903278066 (hardback).
  • Chivian-Cobb, Hermine, (ed.), Constable's Oil Sketches 1809-29: the Maria Bicknell Years, New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2007.
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 69, 74, 77
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
109, plate 64 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
134-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
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