Study of a nude male figure, standing with his back bent and his left arm shading his eyes
Drawing
ca. 1800 (drawn)
ca. 1800 (drawn)
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Chalk drawing in black and white chalk on grey paper, showing a male nude standing with his back bent and his left arm shading his eyes and his right arm on his knee
Object details
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| Title | Study of a nude male figure, standing with his back bent and his left arm shading his eyes (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Chalk drawing |
| Brief description | John Constable, Study of a standing nude male figure, ca. 1800 |
| Physical description | Chalk drawing in black and white chalk on grey paper, showing a male nude standing with his back bent and his left arm shading his eyes and his right arm on his knee |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Drawn by my Father John Constable R. A. C. G. Constable' (Inscribed on the back in pencil.) |
| Historical context | Constable had come to London in February 1799, with a letter of introduction from Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield, the Quaker philanthropist, to Joseph Farington. (The date 1798 which has previously been accepted for this journey was derived from entries published under that year in the printed edition of Farington's Diary (Greig, Vol. I, p. 229); but they are dated 1799 in the original MS.) He entered the Academy Schools as a probationer in March 1799, and was enrolled as a student on 19 February 1800. In the summer of 1800 he stayed by himself sketching in Helmingham Park, the grounds of a seat of the Earl of Dysart. [G Reynolds] |
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| Bibliographic reference | G. Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum: Catalogue of the Constable Collection, 1973, pp. 37-40 |
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| Accession number | 43-1873 |
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| Record created | May 15, 2009 |
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