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Stonehenge

Drawing
15/07/1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Page from a sketchbook. Pencil drawing of Stonehenge.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Landscapes
Object type
drawing
TitleStonehenge (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Stonehenge, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1820
Physical description
Page from a sketchbook. Pencil drawing of Stonehenge.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Width: 18.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 15 July 1820 (Inscribed below on left by the artist (not '18 July', as transcribed in the Catalogue of Water-Colour Paintings, 1927, p. 118).)
  • Stone Henge (Inscribed on the back in pencil.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
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]
Place depicted
Stonehenge
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 291
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 127, 129, 134
  • Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.52.
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
186, plate 146 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
309-1888

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Record createdJuly 10, 2006
Record URL
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