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Sketch of a plough at Epsom.

Drawing
24 September 1831 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Epsom (made)

Pencil sketch of a plough.

Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleSketch of a plough at Epsom. (popular title)
Materials and techniques
pencil on paper
Pencil
Paper (Fiber Product)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Drawing, Sketch of a plough, at Epsom, by John Constable, pencil on paper, 1831
Physical description
Pencil sketch of a plough.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Epsom Sepr 24 1831. Saturday Morng.' (Inscribed in lower left corner in pencil by the artist.)
  • 'Epsom Sep 24' (Inscribed faintly in top left corner.)
  • 'Surrey Plough Double Tom' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by the artist.)
  • 'Epsom--House in which Ld Littleton saw the Goast--which bikened him--& named the precise hour in which he was to die--& he died at that hour--though they put the clock forward.' (Inscribed on the back in pencil by a less legible hand.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist
Historical context
'In 1831 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' (now in the collection of Lord Ashton of Hyde) and 'Yarmouth Pier'. He was present in the Abbey at the Coronation of William IV on 8 September (see No. 240 [218-1888]), and in the same month he paid a brief visit to Mr. Digby Neave at Epsom.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p.202]
Subject depicted
Plough
Place depicted
Epsom
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 202, 203, 209-210
  • Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number
336, plate 253 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
304-1888

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Record createdJuly 19, 2006
Record URL
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