Hampstead Heath, Branch Hill Pond
Oil Painting
1828 (painted)
1828 (painted)
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Constable painted several versions of this composition. It is based on an oil sketch. The finished painting may be that praised by a critic as 'A rich and varied piece of colouring…A shower has apparently just passed over, and a few flitting clouds throw their flickering lights and shades over the country'.
Object details
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| Title | Hampstead Heath, Branch Hill Pond (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting entitled 'Hampstead Heath, Branch Hill Pond' by John Constable. Great Britain, 1828. |
| Physical description | Oil on canvas depicting a view on Hampstead Heath and Branch Hill Pond and a horse and buggy and figures in the foreground. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'No 2 Landscape John Constable 35 Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square' (Inscribed in ink by the artist on a label on the stretcher. This is the usual form of label for paintings exhibited by Constable at the Royal Academy, see also Museum No. FA. 33, 584-1888) |
| Credit line | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Object history | Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857 |
| Historical context | In 1828 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy two paintings called 'Landscape'. One was 'Dedham Vale' (National Gallery of Scotland, No. 2016); the other was 'Hampstead Heath' (No. 301 in this Catalogue [Museum No. FA.35]. His seventh child, Lionel Bicknell, was born on 2 January. Mrs. Constable died on 23 November. |
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| Summary | Constable painted several versions of this composition. It is based on an oil sketch. The finished painting may be that praised by a critic as 'A rich and varied piece of colouring…A shower has apparently just passed over, and a few flitting clouds throw their flickering lights and shades over the country'. |
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| Accession number | FA.35[O] |
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| Record created | November 12, 2002 |
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