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Study of a House among Trees: Evening.

Oil
04/10/1823 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Landscape scene at sunset with trees at left and clearing to the right.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil
TitleStudy of a House among Trees: Evening. (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper
Black Chalk
White Chalk
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil sketch of a house amidst trees by Constable, England, 19th century.
Physical description
Landscape scene at sunset with trees at left and clearing to the right.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 25.1cm
  • Approx. width: 30.7cm
  • Frame height: 45.2cm
  • Frame width: 50.3cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'Saturday Evg 4th Oct 1823' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist; followed by an inaccurate transcript of this inscription in ink)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
In 1823 Constable's chief exhibit at the Royal Academy was 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds' (No. 254 [FA 33] in this Catalogue). He visited Fisher in August (see Nos. 256 [281-1888] and 257 [354-1888]) and stayed with Sir George Beaumont at Coleorton from the last week of October until the end of November (see Nos. 259-262 [835-1888, 815-1888, 266-1888, 356-1888]).

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 155, 156]
Bibliographic references
  • Morris, Edward, ed. Constable's Clouds: Paintings and Cloud Studies by John Constable , Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland ; Liverpool : National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, c2000. 176 p. : ill. (some col.). ISBN 1903278058 (paperback), 1903278066 (hardback).
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 155, 156, 165
  • Chivian-Cobb, Hermine, (ed.), Constable's Oil Sketches 1809-29: the Maria Bicknell Years, New York, Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, 2007.
  • p. 286 Rubens and his legacy London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2014. ISBN: 9781907533778
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
258, plate 198 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
152-1888

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Record createdJune 27, 2006
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