Study of a Cart with Two Horses

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Artist/Maker	Constable, John (RA) (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (painted)

Constable painted this study from life beside the dunghill at East Bergholt. It was a preparation for a large composition entitled The Stour Valley and Dedham Village, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815.

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Categories	Paintings Access_to_Images 2003 SCRAN
Object type	Oil painting
Title	Study of a Cart with Two Horses (popular title)
Materials and techniques	oil on paper with a brown ground Oil Paint Paper Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil painting, 'Study of a Cart with Two Horses', John Constable, 1814
Physical description	Oil study of a cart with two horses on paper with a brown ground
Dimensions	Estimate height: 159mm Estimate width: 264mm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'24 Octr. 1814' (Inscribed in oil by the artist, lower left)
Credit line	Given by Isabel Constable
Object history	Given by Isabel Constable, 1888
Historical context	In 1814 Constable exhibited at the Royal Academy 'Landscape: Ploughing scene in Suffolk' (see note on No. 122); also 'Landscape: the ferry', probably the painting 'Mill Stream' now in the Ipswich Museum. He visited the Revd. Mr. Driffield at Feering in June (see Nos. 124-128) and spent much of the rest of the year in Suffolk. [G Reynolds, 1973, p. 90]
Subjects depicted	Carts Horses
Summary	Constable painted this study from life beside the dunghill at East Bergholt. It was a preparation for a large composition entitled The Stour Valley and Dedham Village, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1815.
Bibliographic reference	Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 90, 105
Other number	133, plate 116 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	333-1888

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Record created	July 23, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82645/study-of-a-cart-with-oil-painting-constable-john-ra/

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