Old Sarum
Oil Painting
1829 (painted)
1829 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
This sketch depicts the abandoned medieval town of Old Sarum, near Salisbury. Constable remarked on its wild beauty and historical associations: 'The pomp of Kings, is now the Shepherd's humble pride'. He later published a print of the view and also painted a large watercolour of the subject.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Old Sarum (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | oil on thin card |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'Old Sarum', John Constable, 1829 |
| Physical description | Lanscape in blues and greens with figures. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'ML' (Inscribed in ink on back (Maria Louisa Constable)) |
| Credit line | Given by Isabel Constable |
| Object history | Given by Isabel Constable, 1888 |
| Historical context | 'Constable was elected R.A. on 10 February 1829. He exhibited 'Hadleigh Castle' (now in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon; see No. 127 [D.234-1888] in this Catalogue) and a landscape of a "rich cottage". He paid his last two visits to Fisher at Salisbury, in July and in November. His preparations for English Landscape Scenery got under way in this year: the earliest letter on the subject to Lucas printed by Shirley (S.: L., p. 20) is dated 28 August 1829.' [G Reynolds, 1973, p.190] |
| Subject depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | This sketch depicts the abandoned medieval town of Old Sarum, near Salisbury. Constable remarked on its wild beauty and historical associations: 'The pomp of Kings, is now the Shepherd's humble pride'. He later published a print of the view and also painted a large watercolour of the subject. |
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| Other number | 322, plate 233 - Reynolds catalogue no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 163-1888 |
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| Record created | July 23, 2003 |
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