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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Paintings, Room 88, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries

Study of sky and trees

Oil Painting
ca. 1821 (made)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Landscape with a blue sky and clouds.


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
TitleStudy of sky and trees (popular title)
Materials and techniques
oil on paper
Oil Paint
Paper
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil sketch, 'Study of sky and trees' by Constable.
Physical description
Landscape with a blue sky and clouds.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 25.4cm
  • Estimate width: 29.8cm
  • Frame height: 45cm (Note: Taken from frame)
  • Frame width: 49.9cm (Note: Taken from frame)
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'M.L.' (Inscribed on the back in ink.)
  • '4d' (Inscribed in the top left corner)
  • 'J.C.' (Inscribed on the back in pencil.)
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]
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 143, 144, 146, 147
  • p. 124 Marina Ferretti Bocquillon; contributions by Beatrice Avanzi [and six others], Plein air : de Corot à Monet, Paris : Gallimard ; Giverny : Musée Giverny impressionnismes, [2020]‎. ISBN: 9782072896002
Other number
229, plate 173 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
157-1888

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Record createdJuly 20, 2006
Record URL
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