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A cart at Gillingham

Drawing
31 July 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Page from a sketchbook on paper. Figure beside a cart, attached to a horse.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA cart at Gillingham (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
Watercolour, A cart at Gillingham, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1820
Physical description
Page from a sketchbook on paper. Figure beside a cart, attached to a horse.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Gillingham Dorset July 31st 1820 (Inscribed in top corner by the artist.)
  • J WH 18 (Truncated watermark)
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]
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 127, 130, 134
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
190, plate 148 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
293-1888

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Record createdJuly 19, 2006
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