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Flatford Old Bridge and Bridge Cottage on the Stour
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 - Enlarge image
Flatford Old Bridge and Bridge Cottage on the Stour
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
ca. 1825 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, pen and bistre ink and grey wash on laid paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
- Museum number:
243-1888
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case WD, shelf 20
Physical description
View of cottage and figures on a bridge.
Place of Origin
England, Great Britain (made)
Date
ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/maker
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, pen and bistre ink and grey wash on laid paper
Marks and inscriptions
'J BUDGEN 1823'
Dimensions
Height: 17.8 cm, Width: 27 cm
Historical context note
'Constable was elected R.A. on 10 February 1829. He exhibited 'Hadleigh Castle' (now in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; see No. 127 [D.234-1888] in this Catalogue) and a landscape of a "rich cottage". He paid his last two visits to Fisher at Salisbury, in July and in November. His preparations for English Landscape Scenery got under way in this year: the earliest letter on the subject to Lucas printed by Shirley (S.: L., p. 20) is dated 28 August 1829.'
[G Reynolds, 1973, p.190]
Descriptive line
Drawing, 'Flatford Old Bridge and Bridge Cottage on the Stour' by Constable.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Parris, Leslie and Ian Fleming-Williams, Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991. ISBN 1854370707 / 1854370715. 544 p. : ill. (some col.)
Exhibition catalogue.
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 190, 196
The following is an extract from the text of the entry:
“Other views of the bridge and cottage are in the sketch-book No. 121 [317-1888], pp. 27, 29 and 53; the sketch-book No. 132 [1259-1888], p. 52; Nos. 297, 298 and 346.
For a more detailed drawing of the trees on the right hand side see No. 161 [256-1888]. Since the technique bears affinities to that of No. 300 [242-1888] of 1827 and also to the sketches for 'The Leaping Horse' in the British Museum (L.B. l0a and l0b, of c.1824), the drawing was perhaps made before 1830. Like them it may be a studio composition (cf. also Nos. 410 [249-1888], 411 [250-1888]).”
Exhibition History
Constable (Tate 13/06/1991-15/09/1991)
Materials
Pencil; Pen; Laid paper; Bistre; Grey wash
Subjects depicted
Landscape; Bridge; Cottage; Stour
Collection code
PDP
