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A River Scene, with a Farmhouse near the Water's Edge

Oil
ca. 1830 - 1836 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

River scene with figures in a boat, trees, and a cottage


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil
TitleA River Scene, with a Farmhouse near the Water's Edge (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'A River Scene, with a Farmhouse near the Water's Edge', John Constable, ca. 1830-ca. 1836
Physical description
River scene with figures in a boat, trees, and a cottage
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 25.4cm
  • Approx. width: 34.9cm
  • Frame height: 41.8cm
  • Frame width: 57cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'J. Constable Valley Farm.' (Inscribed in ink, possibly in Isabel Constable's hand, over a half-erased ink inscription '. . . Dec. 27 41 [?]'. The erased part has been read as 'the Farm'.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
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]
Subjects depicted
River
Farmhouse
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 214
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 233, 237-238
Other number
403, plate 304 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
141-1888

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Record createdJune 13, 2006
Record URL
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