Trees at Hampstead: The Path to Church
Oil Painting
1821 (painted)
1821 (painted)
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The artist described the view as 'a natural (but highly elegant) group of trees, ashes, elms, & oak &c - which will be of quite as much service as if I had bought the field and hedge row'. The spire of Hampstead parish church can be seen at the bottom left. Constable and his wife lie buried in the graveyard.
Object details
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| Title | Trees at Hampstead: The Path to Church (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil sketch of trees at Hampstead by Constable, England, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Painting of a cloudy sky and tall trees. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Isabel Constable as the gift of Maria Louisa, Isabel and Lionel Bicknell Constable |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Isabel Constable, as the gift of Maria Louisa, Isabel and Lionel Bicknell 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] |
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| Summary | The artist described the view as 'a natural (but highly elegant) group of trees, ashes, elms, & oak &c - which will be of quite as much service as if I had bought the field and hedge row'. The spire of Hampstead parish church can be seen at the bottom left. Constable and his wife lie buried in the graveyard. |
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| Other number | 163, plate 168 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
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| Accession number | 1630-1888 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2003 |
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