Study of Flowers in a Hyacinth Glass
Oil Painting
ca. 1814 (painted)
ca. 1814 (painted)
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Oil study of flowers in a tall vase.
Object details
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| Title | Study of Flowers in a Hyacinth Glass |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on millboard laid on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Study of Flowers in a Hyacinth Glass', John Constable, ca. 1814 |
| Physical description | Oil study of flowers in a tall vase. |
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| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | In 1814 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy ‘Landscape: Ploughing scene in Suffolk’ (see note on No. 122); also ‘Landscape: the ferry’, probably the painting ‘Mill Stream’ now in the Ipswich Museum. He visited the Revd. Mr. Driffield at Feering in June (see Nos. 124-128) and spent much of the rest of the year in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 90] |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, p. 95 |
| Other number | 129 plate 97 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
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| Accession number | 582-1888 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2007 |
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