Landscape, with Trees and Cottages under a Lowering Sky
Oil Painting
06/08/1812 (painted)
06/08/1812 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Constable probably painted this spontaneous sketch in East Bergholt. A few days earlier he wrote: 'How much real delight I have had with the study of Landscape this summer. Either I am myself improving in "the art of seeing nature"…or nature has unveiled her beauties to me with a less fastidious hand'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Landscape, with Trees and Cottages under a Lowering Sky (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas laid on millboard |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Landscape, with Trees and Cottages under a Lowering Sky', John Constable, 1812 |
| Physical description | Landscape with two cottages in oil on canvas laid on millboard. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Augt 6. 1812' (Inscribed by the artist in oil, top right corner (see reference note).) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | In 1812 Constable's exhibits at the Royal Academy were 'Salisbury: Morning', 'A Watermill' (Flatford Mill) (see No. 103 [135-1888]) and two small landscapes. Apart from a possible brief visit to Salisbury (see No. 118 [263-1888]) he spent most of the supper in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 77] |
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| Summary | Constable probably painted this spontaneous sketch in East Bergholt. A few days earlier he wrote: 'How much real delight I have had with the study of Landscape this summer. Either I am myself improving in "the art of seeing nature"…or nature has unveiled her beauties to me with a less fastidious hand'. |
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| Other number | 324-1888 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 324-1888 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2003 |
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