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A view at Hursley, Hampshire

Watercolour
1804 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour showing a view over a valley. Large bank of trees on the right, view stretching away to the horizon on the left.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA view at Hursley, Hampshire (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and black chalk
Brief description
Watercolour, A view at Hursley, Hampshire by John Constable, watercolour and black chalk, 1804
Physical description
Watercolour showing a view over a valley. Large bank of trees on the right, view stretching away to the horizon on the left.
Dimensions
  • Height: 112mm
  • Width: 374mm
Marks and inscriptions
W S | 17| (On a sheet of laid paper which had at one time been folded in the middle, with truncated watermark.)
Historical context
In 1804 Constable did not exhibit; according to Farington he spent much of his time at East Bergholt painting portraits of the local farmers and their wives. He first saw 'The Chateau de Steen' by Rubens in Sir Georeg Beaumont's collection in this year (Greig, Vol. II, p. 189). His visit to Hampshire is established by the inscription on No. 53 [796-1888].
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 51-52.
Other number
53 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Accession number
796-1888

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Record createdJune 12, 2009
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