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A Sandbank at Hampstead Heath

Oil Sketch
2 November 1821 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Oil study of a sandbank with a bird flying above.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil sketch
TitleA Sandbank at Hampstead Heath (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper
Oil Paint
Paper
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil, 'A sandbank at Hampstead Heath' by Constable
Physical description
Oil study of a sandbank with a bird flying above.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 24.8cm
  • Estimate width: 29.8cm
  • Frame height: 45cm
  • Frame width: 50cm
  • Frame depth: 4cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • Novr. 2d 1821. Hampstead Heath windy afternoon (Inscribed on the back in ink by the artist)
  • JC (Also inscribed in ink with the monogram)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
The chief of Constable's four exhibits in 1821 was 'Landscape: Noon' ('The Hay Wain') (National Gallery No. 1207; for the full-scale sketch see No. 209 [987-1900] in this Catalogue). His third child, Charles Golding Constable, was born on 29 March. He accompanied Archdeacon John Fisher on his visitation of Berkshire in June, took No. 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead, for his family during the summer and autumn and paid a visit to Fisher at Salisbury in November.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 135]
Place depicted
Hampstead Heath
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 143, 146, 147
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
228, plate 172 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
164-1888

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Record createdJuly 14, 2006
Record URL
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