Branch Hill Pond: Evening
Oil
ca. 1822 (made)
ca. 1822 (made)
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On the front is a colorful landscape at sunset with a low horizon, and on the back there is a study of clouds
Object details
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| Title | Branch Hill Pond: Evening (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on paper |
| Brief description | Oil sketch of Branch Hill Pond by Constable, England, 19th century. |
| Physical description | On the front is a colorful landscape at sunset with a low horizon, and on the back there is a study of clouds |
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| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | In 1822 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy included: 'View on the Stour near Dedham' (now in the Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino) (see sketch-book No. 132, p. 52), 'View from the Terrace, Hampstead' (see No. 252) and 'A study of Trees from Nature' (see No. 223). Constable's fourth child Isabel, the donor of the greater part of the collection catalogued here, was born at No. 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead, on 23 August. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 152] |
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| Other number | 251, plate 190 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 339-1888 |
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| Record created | June 27, 2006 |
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