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Coast Scene with vessels at Brighton

Drawing
30 May 1828 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Brighton (made)

Sketch with two large ships and figures on the coast.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Boats and Ships
Object type
Drawing
TitleCoast Scene with vessels at Brighton (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and grey wash
Pencil
Wash
Drawing (Image-Making)
Wash
Brief description
Drawing, Coast scene with vessels at Brighton, by John Constable, pencil and grey wash, ca. 1828
Physical description
Sketch with two large ships and figures on the coast.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Width: 18.1cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'May 30 1828' (Inscribed in top left corner in ink over pencil by the artist.)
  • 'J WH TURK' (Truncated Watermark)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1828 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy two paintings called 'Landscape'. One was 'Dedham Vale' (National Gallery of Scotland, No. 2016); the other was 'Hampstead Heath' (No. 301 in this Catalogue [FA.35]). His seventh child, Lionel Bicknell, was born on 2 January. Mrs. Constable died on 23 November.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p.185]
Subjects depicted
Ships
Coast
Place depicted
Brighton
Bibliographic references
  • Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. Constable London : The Tate Gallery, 1991 319
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 185, 188, 189
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
304, plate 226 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
350-1888

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Record createdJuly 10, 2006
Record URL
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