Sketch at Hampstead: Evening
Oil
28/10/1820 (made)
28/10/1820 (made)
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Landscape scene with a bright sunset.
Object details
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Title | Sketch at Hampstead: Evening (popular title) |
Materials and techniques | Oil on card |
Brief description | Oil sketch of the sky over Hampstead by Constable, England, 19th century. |
Physical description | Landscape scene with a bright sunset. |
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Marks and inscriptions | '28th Octr. fine Evening Wind Gentle at S.W.' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist; the inscription is repeated in ink, together with the monogram 'JC'. Also on the back are brush scribbles, mainly in green, and a comic face.) |
Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
Historical context | In 1820 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Stratford Mill' (now in the collection of Sir Reginald Macdonald-Buchanan) and 'A View of Harwich Lighthouse' (see No. 142 [302-1888] above). He stayed with Fisher at Salisbury in July and August, settled his wife and children at Hampstead by 1 September, and paid a brief visit to Malvern Hall. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 127] |
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Other number | 208, plate 158 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
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Accession number | 159-1888 |
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Record created | June 27, 2006 |
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