Study of Ash and other trees
Chalk Drawing
ca. 1800-1805 (drawn)
ca. 1800-1805 (drawn)
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In this drawing Constable has used blue paper to provide mid-tones. He added light and dark with black and white chalk. Although this is still an early work, his drawing style already shows his characteristic use of batches of lines (often diagonal) for shading, especially on foliage.
Object details
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| Title | Study of Ash and other trees (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black and white chalk on blue laid paper |
| Brief description | John Constable, Study of Ash and other trees, c.1800-5, Reynolds cat. no. 57 |
| Physical description | A drawing made in chalks |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Isabel Constable, daughter of the artist |
| Historical context | In 1805 Constable exhibited 'A Landscape: Moonlight' at the Royal Academy. According to an unpublished entry in the Diary, he called on Farington on 1 June to say that he had been engaged to paint an altarpiece for a country church. This picture was probably the altarpiece for Brantham Curch which Leslie assigns to the previous year (Beckett, I, pp. 18-9) G Reynolds, 1973, p. 52. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | In this drawing Constable has used blue paper to provide mid-tones. He added light and dark with black and white chalk. Although this is still an early work, his drawing style already shows his characteristic use of batches of lines (often diagonal) for shading, especially on foliage. |
| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of the Constable Collection, Graham Reynolds, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1973, pp. 52-53. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 843-1888 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2004 |
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