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The demolition or repair of old houses in Salisbury
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 - Enlarge image
The demolition or repair of old houses in Salisbury
- Object:
Drawing
- Place of origin:
Salisbury, England (made)
- Date:
20 November 1829 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pencil, black chalk and light watercolour washes
- Credit Line:
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
- Museum number:
254-1888
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case WD, shelf 20, box D
Physical description
Sketch of run-down houses in Salisbury.
Place of Origin
Salisbury, England (made)
Date
20 November 1829 (made)
Artist/maker
John Constable, born 1776 - died 1837 (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pencil, black chalk and light watercolour washes
Marks and inscriptions
'Sarum 20 Novr 1829'
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 33.7 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, 'The demolition or repair of old houses in Salisbury' by Constable.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 190-193
The following is an extract from the text of the entry:
"Page from a sketch-book.
On the back is a strip, right, about 70 mm. wide, bordered by a vertical line, completing a pencil drawing on the next leaf of the sketch-book.
NOTE ON NOS. 313-319 [206-1888, 315-1888, 210-1888, 253-1888, 254-1888, 205-1888, 227-1888]
Constable used two sketch-books on his visits of 1829 to Salisbury. The smaller one, composed of thin paper, measures about 3 5/8 x 5 ins. (93 x 128 mm.) Nos. 313 [206-1888], 316 [253-1888] and 318 [205-1888] come from this book; the first two drawings were made at Salisbury, and it is possible that the third was made at about the same time. The larger sketch-book measures 9 ΒΌ x 13 1/4 ins. (234 x 337 mm.) Nos. 314, 315, 317 and 319 [315-1888, 210-1888, 254-1888, 227-1888] come from this book. There are in the British Museum three drawings from the latter sketch-book:
L.B. 16 Landscape Study. (229 x 326 mm.)
L.B. 29 Harnham Bridge. (229 x 330 mm.) Dated 23 November 1829. (See also No. 240 [218-1888] above)
L.B. 33 View of Salisbury from the river. (229 x 333 mm.) Dated 19 November 1829.
These three drawings were given by Miss Isabel Constable in February 1888. Other leaves from the same book are the drawing of Old Sarum mentioned in the note to No. 322 [163-1888]; the late Mr. L. G. Duke's 'Distant View of Salisbury' (reproduced in L. ed. S., Pl. 121); and Lot 102 in the Gregory sale at Messrs. Sotheby's, 20 July 1949, 'A View of Salisbury Cathedral across meadows', black chalk and pencil, 8 1/2 X 13 ins., dated 23 November 1829."
Exhibition History
Constable: a breath of fresh air (The Millennium Galleries, Sheffield 08/02/2003-27/04/2003)
John Constable, selected by Lucian Freud (Grand Palais 10/10/2002-13/01/2003)
Materials
Pencil; Watercolour; Black chalk
Subjects depicted
Houses; Salisbury
Collection code
PDP
