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Plants growing near a wall

Oil Painting
ca. 1820 - ca. 1830 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (painter (artist))
Place of origin
England (made)

Plants growing in front of a brick wall.


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
TitlePlants growing near a wall
Materials and techniques
Oil on paper
Oil Paint
Paper
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Plants Growing near a Wall', John Constable, ca. 1820-ca. 1830
Physical description
Plants growing in front of a brick wall.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 30.5cm
  • Approx. width: 24.8cm
  • Frame height: 50.3cm (Note: Taken from frame)
  • Frame width: 45.8cm (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
'Minna Ju 27th 47' (Partially erased inscription in ink.)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
'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]
Subjects depicted
Wall
Plants
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 190, 197
Other number
325, plate 243 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
785-1888

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Record createdMay 15, 2007
Record URL
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