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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

East Bergholt Church: The Ruined Tower at the West End

Oil Painting
ca. 1810-ca. 1815 (painted)
Artist/Maker

View of a church with a ruined tower in oil on canvas.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleEast Bergholt Church: The Ruined Tower at the West End
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'East Bergholt Church: The Ruined Tower at the West End', John Constable, ca. 1810-ca. 1815
Physical description
View of a church with a ruined tower in oil on canvas.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 24.8cm
  • Approx. width: 34cm
  • Frame height: 52cm
  • Frame width: 56cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
'In the year 1811 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy comprised 'Twilight', and 'Dedham Vale: morning' (now in the collection of Sir Richard Proby). He visited Suffolk in the spring and paid his first visit to Salisbury in the autumn: this was probably the occasion of his first meeting with John Fisher, who was to become his closest friend. His attachment to Maria Bicknell became known during this year, and he received her father's permission to write to her in October.'

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 69]
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 69, 76, 77
Other number
112, plate 67 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
130-1888

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Record createdMay 14, 2007
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