Studies of Two Ploughs

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

This life study contrasts two different types of plough. You can see a heavy wheel plough at the bottom and a lighter swing plough at the top. Both reappear in finished paintings by Constable many years later.

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Categories	Paintings Access_to_Images 2003
Object type	Oil painting
Title	Studies of Two Ploughs (popular title)
Materials and techniques	oil on paper with a brown ground Oil Paint Paper Oil Painting
Brief description	Oil painting, 'Studies of Two Ploughs', John Constable, 1814
Physical description	Two ploughs in oil with brown gound.
Dimensions	Estimate height: 172mm Estimate width: 260mm Dimensions taken from Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	2d Novr. 1814 (Inscribed on the front of the oil sketch) the same date (Inscribed no the back of the paper in another hand.)
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.
Subject depicted	Ploughs
Summary	This life study contrasts two different types of plough. You can see a heavy wheel plough at the bottom and a lighter swing plough at the top. Both reappear in finished paintings by Constable many years later.
Bibliographic references	Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 90, 105, 106 Feaver, William, Lucian Freud on John Constable, London, British Council, 2003
Other number	136, Plate 96 - Reynolds catalogue no.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	789-1888

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Record created	July 25, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O82732/studies-of-two-ploughs-oil-painting-constable-john-ra/

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