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Autumnal Sunset

Oil
ca. 1812 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Colourful sunset with figures and rooks in oil on paper laid on canvas.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil
TitleAutumnal Sunset (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper laid on canvas
Oil Paint
Paper
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil sketch, 'Autumnal sunset' by Constable.
Physical description
Colourful sunset with figures and rooks in oil on paper laid on canvas.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 17.1cm
  • Approx. width: 33.6cm
  • Frame height: 417mm
  • Frame width: 569mm
  • Frame depth: 40mm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
Autumnal Sun Set engraved for the 'English Landscape' (Inscribed on a label on the stretcher)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
In 1812 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy were 'Salisbury: Morning', 'A Watermill' (Flatford Mill) (see No. 103 [135-1888]) and two small landscapes. Apart from a possible brief visit to Salisbury (see No. 118 [263-1888]) he spent most of the supper in Suffolk.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 77]
Subject depicted
Sunset
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 no.181
  • Gray, Anne and John Gage, Constable: impressions of land, sea and sky, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2006
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, cat. no. 120
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 77, 79, 80
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
120, plate 71. - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
127-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
Record URL
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