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Elm trees in Old Hall Park, East Bergholt

Drawing
22/10/1817 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
East Bergholt (made)

Drawing.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleElm trees in Old Hall Park, East Bergholt (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, with slight grey and white washes.
Brief description
Drawing, 'Elm Trees in Old Hall park, East Bergholt' by Constable.
Physical description
Drawing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59.1cm
  • Width: 49.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Octr. 22d 1817 East Bergholt John Constable (Inscribed in lower left corner in pencil by the artist.)
  • This noble Elm--stood in the Park of Peter Godfrey Esq--called "Old Hall" Park at East Bergholt--Suffolk it was blown down April 1835. it broke even with ground--it measured when standing upright[?] 10 x d having [?] formerly ]?] lost the large arm on the Right J.C. This drawing was made 1816. in Autumn. (Inscribed on back in pencil by the artist.)
  • The above is the Handwriting of John Constable R.A. (who made the Drawing)--Purchased at the sale of his Pictures and Drawings, at Fosters in--Pall Mall. 16 May 1838--A. James. (Inscribed on the back in another hand in pencil.)
Historical context
In 1817 Constable exhibited four works at the Royal Academy: 'Scene on a navigable river' ('Flatford Mill on the River Stour') (Tate Gallery No. 1273); 'A Cottage' (see No. 352 [1631-1888]); 'Wivenhoe Park, Essex, the seat of Major-General Rebow' (National Gallery of Art, Washington: Widener Collection); and a portrait of John Fisher, still in the Fisher family collection. He spent ten weeks of the summer at East Bergholt. His first child, John Charles, was born on 4 December.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 115]
Bibliographic references
  • Owens, Susan, The Art of Drawing British Masters and Methods since 1600, V&A Publishing, London, 2013, p. 84, fig. 61
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 282
  • 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, pp. 115, 118
Other numbers
  • E.3237-1911 - Cancelled number
  • 162, plate 131 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
320-1891

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Record createdJuly 10, 2006
Record URL
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