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Study of Sky and Trees

Oil Painting
24/09/1821 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin
Hampstead (painted)

John Constable painted this study of the sky in Hampstead during changeable weather. He wrote on the back: ‘Sepr. 24th. 10 o’clock morning wind S.W. warm & fine till afternoon, when it rained & wind got more to the north’.


Object details

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Paintings
Access_to_Images 2003
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Object type
Oil painting
TitleStudy of Sky and Trees (popular title)
Materials and techniques
oil on paper
Oil Paint
Paper
Oil Painting
Brief description
Study of sky and trees by John Constable (1776-1837); oil on paper; 24th September, 1821.
Physical description
Oil study of cloudy sky with trees.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 24.8cm
  • Estimate width: 30.5cm
  • Frame height: 41cm (Note: Taken from frame)
  • Frame width: 56.4cm (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
  • 'Sepr. 24th . . 10 o'clock morning wind S.W. warm & fine till afternoon, when it rained & wind got more to the north' (Inscribed by the artist on ink on back)
  • 'JC' (Inscribed (monogram) by the artist in ink on back)
Credit line
Given by Isabel Constable
Object history
Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context
The chief of Constable's four exhibits in 1821 was 'Landscape: Noon' ('The Hay Wain') (National Gallery No. 1207; for the full-scale sketch see No. 209 [987-1900] in this Catalogue). His third child, Charles Golding Constable, was born on 29 March. He accompanied Archdeacon John Fisher on his visitation of Berkshire in June, took No. 2 Lower Terrace, Hampstead, for his family during the summer and autumn and paid a visit to Fisher at Salisbury in November.

[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 135]
Subjects depicted
Cloud
Tree
Summary
John Constable painted this study of the sky in Hampstead during changeable weather. He wrote on the back: ‘Sepr. 24th. 10 o’clock morning wind S.W. warm & fine till afternoon, when it rained & wind got more to the north’.
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 135, 142, 146, 147
  • Evans, Mark et al. Vikutoria & Arubāto Bijutsukan-zō : eikoku romanshugi kaigaten = The Romantic tradition in British painting, 1800-1950 : masterpieces from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Japan : Brain Trust, 2002
  • p 125 Marina Ferretti Bocquillon; contributions by Beatrice Avanzi [and six others], Plein air : de Corot à Monet, Paris : Gallimard ; Giverny : Musée Giverny impressionnismes, [2020]‎. ISBN: 9782072896002
Other number
224, Plate 169 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
167-1888

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2003
Record URL
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