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Willy Lott's House, near Flatford Mill

Oil
ca. 1810-1815 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A view of Willy Lott's house is on either side of the paper in oil.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil
TitleWilly Lott's House, near Flatford Mill (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper
Oil Paint
Paper
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil sketch, 'Willy Lott's House, near Flatford Mill' by Constable.
Physical description
A view of Willy Lott's house is on either side of the paper in oil.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 24.1cm
  • Approx. width: 18.1cm
  • Frame height: 57cm
  • Frame width: 41.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
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]
Subject depicted
Cottage
Place depicted
East Bergholt
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 no.58
  • Lyles, Anne (Ed.), Constable : The Great Landscapes, London, Tate Publishing, 2006
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 69, 74, 75, 77
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
110 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
166-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
Record URL
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